or MONBAZA, a town of Africa, in an island of the same name, with a castle and a fort situated on the eastern coast, opposite to the country of Mombaza in Zanguebar, 70 miles south of Melinda, and subject to Portugal. E. Long. 48° O. N. Lat. 44° O.

a country of Africa in Zanguebar, subject to the Portuguese, from whence they export slaves, gold, ivory, rice, flesh, and other provisions, with which they supply the settlements in Brazil. The king of this country being a Christian, had a quarrel with the Portuguese governor, took the castle by assault, turned Mahometan, and murdered all the Christians, in 1631; but in 1729 they became masters of the territory again.