Editing Murad III (section)

===Ottoman activity in the Horn of Africa===

During his reign, an Ottoman Admiral by the name of [[Mir Ali Beg]] was successful in establishing Ottoman supremacy in numerous cities in the [[Swahili coast]] between Mogadishu and Kilwa.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhwOAQAAMAAJ|title=The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700: A Political and Economic History|first=Sanjay|last=Subrahmanyam|date=9 September 1993|publisher=Longman|isbn=9780582050693 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Ottoman suzerainty was recognised in Mogadishu in 1585 and Ottoman supremacy was also established in other cities such as [[Barawa]], [[Mombasa]], Kilifi, Pate, Lamu, and Faza.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVGZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224|title=Muslim Societies in Africa: A Historical Anthropology|first=Roman|last=Loimeier|date=17 July 2013|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253027320 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgawCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA407|title=Historic Cities of the Islamic World|first=C. Edmund|last=Bosworth|date=31 August 2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789047423836 |via=Google Books}}</ref>