Much maligned in the "explorer press" this stalwart Zanzibari Adventurer whose real name was Hamed bin Mohammedel Marjebi, is better likened to a sort of Dave Crocket or Francis Drake of East Africa than with the villainous schoolboy-character popularized as constantly clashing with the western religious explorers of his time. He served his Sultan(s) for more than 50 years, carrying their flag and their civilization to it's furthest geographical boundaries. Known best as an Ivory merchant and Slave trader, he had many other dimensions.
Akiwa ametiwa ila sana na "magazeti ya wavumbuzi," shujaa huyu jasiri wa kizanzibari ambaye jina lake hasa aliitwa Hamed bin Mohammed Marjebi alijulikana zaidi kama Davy Corocket au Francis Drake wa Afrika ya Mashariki kuliko mfano wa mwanafunzi mtundu ambaye tabia zake zilizompa umaarufu zaidi ni vile kuwa na ugomvi wa mara kwa mara na wavumbuzi wa kidini kutoka Ulaya wa wakati ule. Aliwatumikia Sultani wake kwa zaidi ya miaka 50, huku akibeba bendera na ustaarabu wao katika kila pembe ya mipaka yao.