The Swahili coast : politics, diplomacy and trade on the East African littoral, 1798-1856 / by C. S. Nicholls.

Includes bibliographical references(p. 390-400) and indexes.

I. Society and politics on the southern Swahili Coast at the beginning of the nineteenth century - II. Society and politics on the northern Swahili Coast at the beginning of the nineteenth century - III. Trade and commerce on the Swahili Coast at the beginning of the nineteenth century - IV. The prelude to Omani expansion in East Africa: the growth of Muscat and its relations with Great Britain and France - V. The expansion of Omani interests on the Swahili Coast - VI. Saiyid Sa'id and the Western powers, 1819-1839 - VII. Saiyid Sa'id and the Western powers, 1839-1856 - VIII. The Slave Trade on the Swahili Coast - IX. Attempts to suppress the Swahili Coast Slave Trade and their effect - X. Zanzibar: the consolidation of Omani authority - XI. The Swahili Coast: the consolidation of Omani authority and local reactions to it - XII. The economic development of the Swahili Coast -- APPENDIX : I. The Mazrui governors of Mombasa -- Maps : 1. Mombasa - 2. The Lamu Archipelago - 3. The Swahili Coast - 4. Zanzibar Island - 5. Oman and the Persian Gulf - 6. The Indian Ocean.