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clan from Oman, attempted to subjugate Lamu in the Battle of Shela. This attempt failed totally, and the defeat of Pate at Shela signalled the rise of Lamu as the leading power in the archipelago. Shela's golden age was from 1829 to 1857, when five of its six mosques were constructed. It is especially known for the Friday mosque. A 3D documentation based on terrestrial laser-scanning done by the Zamani Project

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