Kilwa Kisiwani (Kilwa Island) is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with nearby stone town Kilwa Kisiwani. In total, archaeologists have found six mosques, four cemeteries, and...

urban centers of Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi in Kenya and Songo Mnara, Kilwa Kisiwani, and Zanzibar in Tanzania. The distribution of Swahili architecture...

referred to as "Abu'l-Muwahib" ("father of gifts"), was a ruler of Kilwa Kisiwani, in present-day Tanzania, from 1310 until 1333. His full name was Abu...

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...

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...

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...

Serengeti Ngorongoro Kilimanjaro Kilwa Kisiwani Kondoa Selous Game Reserve Zanzibar The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

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...

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...

Causeways and Platforms of the 13th- to 16th-Century City-States of Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 1 (37):...

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...

"Swahili Coast". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-11-14. Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, retrieved 2019-10-30 "Contagion of discontent: Muslim extremism...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Region: Marangu Defences (19th Century cave sanctuaries) Lindi Region: Kilwa Kisiwani (Medieval Swahili Settlement) Kivinje (Medieval Swahili Settlement)...

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...

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...

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...

Djenne, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Petra, the Swahili ruins on Kilwa Kisiwani and Sonog Mnara, the Lamu fort, the Shela mosque, Elmina Caslte, Fort...

Globefeed.com (21 July 2018). "Distance between Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Mbogo, Moreen (13...

been suggested that this Malindi was meant to represent Mozambique or Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania. Another proposal is that this portion of the map represents...