Complex sentence: Soon the Omanis returned and disease killed all the Portuguese soldiers and the defense was left in the hands of Sheikh Daud of Faza with 17 of his family, 8 African men and 50 African women.
Split into simpler sentences: Soon the Omanis returned and disease killed all the Portuguese soldiers. The defense was left in the hands of Sheikh Daud of Faza with 17 of his family, 8 African men and 50 African women.