Msuka Mjini Ruins (Swahili Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini) is a protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. Msuka Mjini has a Swahili mosque from the fifteenth century preserved in ruins on the Kigomasha peninsula on the island. The date 816AH (1414 CE) is carved on the interior of the circular mirhab. [2] [3] [4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
  2. ^ "Zanzibar Historical Sites". Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
  3. ^ "Settlements of Pemba and Zanzibar" (PDF). Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
  4. ^ James de Vere Allen. “Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1981, pp. 306–34. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/218047. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.
  5. ^ Schacht, J. “An Unknown Type of Minbar and Its Historical Significance.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 2, 1957, pp. 149–73. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629034. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Msuka_Mjini_Ruins
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