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    Kilwa Kisiwani (Kilwa Island) is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat of...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman (category Kilwa Sultanate)
    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...
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