Chapter MAYLA to MELINDE of M by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

Estandart gleams from afar with gorgeous purple sheen,
tom-toms and timbrels mingle martial jar: thus past they forwards with the pomp of war.”

1610.—P. Texeira tells us that among the “Moors” at Ormuz, Alboquerque was known only by the name of Malandy, and that with some difficulty he obtained the explanation that he was so called because he came thither from the direction of Melinde, which they call Maland.—Relacion de los Reyes de Harmuz, 45.

[1823.—Owen calls the place Maleenda and gives an account of it.—Narrative, i. 399 seqq.]

1859.—“As regards the immigration of the Wagemu (Ajemi, or Persians), from whom the ruling tribe of the Wasawahili derives its name, they relate that several Shaykhs, or elders, from Shiraz emigrated to Shangaya, a district near the Ozi River, and founded the town of Malindi (Melinda).”—Burton, in J.R.G.S. xxix. 51.