Kilwa

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This essay and others like it on Khojawiki are written to provide context for the life and migration stories of individual Khoja families. We would like to add more such family histories of those who lived here, so our collective history is more complete. Please Click Here To Add Your Family And More Information To Our History

Click link below to see a history of Kilwa as major Swahili Civilisation city before the Europeans came and destroyed it.

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By the commencement of the fourth decade, there were 165 (Khoja) Ismaili families including 26 married women in Zanzibar. In 1866, there were 2,558 Ismailis residing at the following towns.

Place of Residence Individuals
Zanzibar 2,100
Pemba 57
Bagamoyo 131
Mrima (Coast) Villages 25
Dar es Salaam (Mzizima Village) 43
Kilwa 176
Mungas 18
Total 2,518}

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  1. Brown, Walter Thaddeus - "A pre-colonial history of Bagamoyo: aspects of the growth of an East African coastal town." Thesis--Boston University. Bibliography:.