Shirazi people
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Like the rest of the Swahili people, the Shirazi speak the Swahili language and practice Sunni Islam and Shia Islam.[6]
Several ruins of settlements in Tanzania are attributed to the settlements of the Shirazi era, including the Tongoni and Kaole Ruins, as well as those found on Tumbatu and Pemba islands.
See also
- Shirazi era
- Shirazi, Kenya
- Afro-Shirazi Party
- Kilwa Sultanate
- Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman
- Tongoni Ruins
- Kizimkazi Mosque
- Tumbatu
- Zanj Empire
Notes
- ↑ Kilwa chronicle
- ↑ Tanzania Ethnic Groups, East Africa Living Encyclopedia, accessed 28 June 2010
- ↑ Horton & Middleton 2000: 20
- ↑ Bakari 2001: 70
- ↑ Horton & Middleton 2000: 52
- ↑ Nimtz 1980: 4
References
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