Kilwa Kisiwani
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Kilwa Kisiwani is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat of Kilwa District in the Tanzanian region of Lindi in southern Tanz
Great Mosque of Kilwa interior
Kilwa Kisiwani ruins in Tanzania
Gerezani Fort Swahili door replica on Kilwa Kisiwani
Residents of Kilwa Kisiwani dancing for overseas visitors.
Ibn Battuta
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Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of
Kilwa Kisiwani
…other areas of the East African coast, seasonal wind reversals (or monsoons) affected trade on the island. In 1331 CE, Moroccan traveller and scholar Ibn Battuta visited Kilwa and described it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Trade connections with the Arabian Peninsula as well as India and China…
1878 illustration by Léon Benett showing Ibn Battuta (centre) and his guide (left) in Egypt
A miniature from al-Wasiti's Maqamat of Al-Hariri of pilgrims on a hajj
Ottoman 17th-century tile depicting the Kaaba, in Mecca
Old City of Sanaa, Yemen