KHOJA SHIA ITHNA- ASHERIS IN LAMU AND MOMBASA, 1870- 1930 BY ZAHIR BHALLOO Author’s Note: A chance meeting outside Fort Jesus, Mombasa, with Cynthia Salvadori, author of the remarkable three volumes We Came in Dhows, was what first inspired me to record stories and anecdotes about Ithna-Asheri pioneers at the turn of the century.
