After decades of warfare and destruction that saw Mombasa set afire, captured or recaptured at least five times, the Portuguese retreated from Azania. Back south they went, out of reach of the incessant attacks born by the seasonal Dhow winds.
Baada ya miongo ya vita na maangamizo ambayo yaliyoshuhudi kuwaka moto mji wa Mombasa, Wareno walirudi nyuma, na kurejea kuendea kusini, mbali na mafikio ya mashambulizi ya moja kwa moja ambayo yaliyotokana na pepo za miongo za jahazi (waarabu).