Kilwa Kisiwani ('Kilwa Island') is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat...
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The Great Mosque of Kilwa is a congregational mosque on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, in Kilwa Masoko in Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania. It...
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seat (capital) is the town of Kilwa Masoko. The district is named after the medieval Swahili city state of Kilwa Kisiwani. According to the 2012 census...
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Kilwa may refer to: Kilwa Kisiwani, a historic Swahili city-state island settlement in Lindi Region, across from the town of Kilwa Masoko Kilwa Masoko...
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time. This lake island is named after the original Indian ocean island Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania. v t e 9°16′S 28°27′E / 9.267°S 28.450°E / -9.267; 28...
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The Kilwa Sultanate was a sultanate, centered at Kilwa (an island off modern-day, Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania), whose authority, at its...
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prosperous Swahili city of Kilwa Kisiwani across the Kilwa sound. The name Masoko means "markets" in the Swahili language. The town of Kilwa Masoko as we know...
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Songo Mnara (section Kilwa type coins)
recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with nearby stone town Kilwa Kisiwani. In total, archaeologists have found six mosques, four cemeteries, and...
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Zimbabwe in the 13th century, and with gold trading links to Rhapta and Kilwa Kisiwani on the African east coast. The Kingdom of Mapungubwe lasted about 140...
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Swahili architecture (section Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania)
urban centers of Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi in Kenya and Songo Mnara, Kilwa Kisiwani, and Zanzibar in Tanzania. The distribution of Swahili architecture...
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invasions. The region is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely; Kilwa Kisiwani and Selous Game Reserve. According to the 2012 national census, the...
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13th-century Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta noted that the great mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani was made of coral stone (the only one of its kind in the world). In...
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Serengeti Ngorongoro Kilimanjaro Kilwa Kisiwani Kondoa Selous Game Reserve Zanzibar The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
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Causeways and Platforms of the 13th- to 16th-Century City-States of Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 1 (37):...
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2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 31st session 2007, pp. 21–22 "Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 28th session...
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2021. "Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Decision – 28COM 15B.41 – Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of...
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Swahili coast (section Kilwa)
"Swahili Coast". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-11-14. Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, retrieved 2019-10-30 "Contagion of discontent: Muslim extremism...
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Aden Zeila Mogadishu Mombasa Zanzibar Dhofar Al-Hasa Qatif Muscat Latakia Kilwa On 2 Rajab in the Muslim year 725 Anno Hegirae (14 June 1325 Anno Domini...
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been established by the 19th century. Kilwa Kivinje, 25 km north of Kilwa Kisiwani, was the main port in the Kilwa area in 19th century during Omani and...
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Continent. Lexington Books. p. 301. ISBN 0-7391-0731-3. Hirst, K. Kris. "Kilwa Kisiwani. Medieval Trade Center of Eastern Africa". Prashad, Vijay (2002). Everybody...
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on 26 May reached Kilwa Kisiwani, where Cabral made an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a treaty with its king. From Kilwa Kisiwani, the fleet departed...
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Region: Marangu Defences (19th Century cave sanctuaries) Lindi Region: Kilwa Kisiwani (Medieval Swahili Settlement) Kivinje (Medieval Swahili Settlement)...
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formed part of a trade network linked to Kilwa and extending as far as China. Copper coins found at Kilwa Kisiwani appear to be of the same pure ore found...
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Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700) Old Portuguese fort, Kilwa Kisiwani (c. 1500) Borj El Kebir, Djerba island (14th century) Borj El Kebir...
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History of East Africa (section Kilwa Sultanate)
Mifsas Bahri (550 CE – 700 CE) Berenice Epideires (7th century CE) Kilwa Kisiwani (7th century CE) Kaole (7th century CE/8th century CE) Sirikwa culture...
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Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman (14th century), sultan of the island of Kilwa Kisiwani Sunar Sulaiman (born 1979), Indonesian footballer Suleiman, a name,...
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an island located in Kilwa Masoko ward of Kilwa District in Lindi Region, Tanzania. The island is just south of Kilwa Kisiwani. Pollard, Edward (September...
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Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman (category Sultans of Kilwa)
Sulaiman was put on the throne. When al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman returned to Kilwa Kisiwani after 2 years of Daud rule, his brother voluntarily stepped down in...
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Shirazi people History of Tanzania Wynne-Jones, Stephanie (2016-05-19). "Kilwa Kisiwani: Establishing a Town". doi:10.1093/oso/9780198759317.003.0008. {{cite...
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of the settlement by mid-1700 along with Mombasa, Pemba Island and Kilwa Kisiwani. The town continued to act as a trading port for ivory and slaves under...
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