Kilwa Sultanate
The Kilwa Sultanate was a sultanate. The sultanate had land in the entire Swahili Coast at its height. Its legend says that the Kilwa Sultanate was founded in the 10th century by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi,[1] a Persian prince of Shiraz.[2]
Kilwa Sultanate أُسُلتَانِ وَ كِيلوَ Usultani wa Kilwa | |||||||||||
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| 957–1513 | |||||||||||
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 The Sphere of the Sultanate in 1310 | |||||||||||
| Location | Swahili coast | ||||||||||
| Capital | Kilwa Kisiwani | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (Colonists/Elite)
Arabic (Religious texts) Swahili (de facto) | ||||||||||
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| Government | Sultanate | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
• 957 | Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi | ||||||||||
• 1277 | al-Hassan ibn Talut | ||||||||||
• 1499 | Ibrahim ibn Suleiman | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Shirazi era | ||||||||||
• | 957 | ||||||||||
• | 1513 | ||||||||||
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Kilwa Sultanate Media
Principal cities of East Africa, c. 1500. The Kilwa Sultanate held overlordship from Cape Correntes in the south to Malindi in the north.
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- Strong, S. Arthur. The History of Kilwa, edited from an Arabic MS. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (January 1895). p. 385–431.
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Other websites
- N21359-5 Coin, Kilwa Sultanate (East Africa), Al Hasan ibn Sulaimam (c. AD 1482-1493), Falus, copper alloy (23 March 2024)Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.
- MacGregor, Neil. A History of the World in 100 Objects, Kilwa pot sherds (26 June 2010)BBC Radio 4.