[2] They introduced the Muslim faith and culture in the Nkhotakota area and were the first to grow rice and coconuts in the region.
[2][3] He was an Arab from Zanzibar and had previously been involved in slave and ivory trade at Ujiji and Tabora in nowadays Tanzania.
They were then shipped across Lake Malawi and forced to walk for three to four month till they arrived to the Kilwa slave market where they were sold.
The Jumbes (meaning "Prince"[4]) established their power though indirect rule, relying on the authority of local Chewa chiefs.
However, to promote the chiefs loyalty, they encouraged them to send their male offspring to the Sultanate of Zanzibar so that they would receive an Islamic education.
[4] The power of the Jumbes remained unchallenged until Henry Hamilton Johnston asserted the authority of the British Central Africa Protectorate in this area.