title: Bwana Tamu
text: Bwana Tamu was  Sultan of Pate, Kenya, from 1713. 
  He decided to wage a war on Lamu in order to get the guns that the Portuguese had buried on Lamu Island, on Hedabu Hill. However, his boats were overloaded with fire-arms and they sank on the way to Lamu.
  
  References
  
  Sources
  Martin, Chryssee MacCasler Perry and Esmond Bradley Martin:  Quest for the Past. An historical guide to the Lamu Archipelago. 1973.
  
   
  18th-century monarchs in Africa