▁Sultan ' s ▁palace ▁in ▁Stone ▁Town . ▁K hal id ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁and ▁instead ▁assemble d ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁ 2 , 8 0 0 ▁men ▁to ▁fight ▁the ▁British . ▁The ▁British ▁launched ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁palace ▁and ▁other ▁locations ▁around ▁the ▁city ▁after ▁which ▁K hal id ▁retre ated ▁and ▁later ▁went ▁into ▁ex ile . ▁Ham oud ▁was ▁then ▁peace fully ▁installed ▁as ▁Sultan . ▁ ▁That ▁" Z anz ib ar " ▁for ▁these ▁purposes ▁included ▁the ▁ ▁coast al ▁strip ▁of ▁Ken ya ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁the ▁Prote ctor ate ▁of ▁Ken ya ▁was ▁a ▁matter ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁parliament ary ▁deb ates ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁- ▁Est ab lish ment ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁Africa ▁Prote ctor ate ▁on ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Sultan ' s ▁domin ions ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁the ▁British ▁government ▁encourag ed ▁William ▁Mack inn on , ▁who ▁already ▁had ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁the ▁Sultan ▁and ▁whose ▁sh ipping ▁company ▁trad ed ▁extens ively ▁in ▁the ▁African ▁Great ▁L akes , ▁to ▁establish ▁British ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁He ▁formed ▁a ▁British ▁East ▁Africa ▁Association ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁Imperial ▁British ▁East ▁Africa ▁Company ▁being ▁char tered ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁and ▁given ▁the ▁original ▁grant ▁to ▁admin ister ▁the ▁territory . ▁It ▁admin ister ed ▁about ▁ ▁of ▁coast line ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁the ▁River ▁J ub ba ▁via ▁M omb