Kilwa
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Click link below to see a history of Kilwa as major Swahili Civilisation city before the Europeans came and destroyed it.
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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- Indian merchants near their shops with German officials, Kilwa 2 circa 1895 (Note the Baluchi(Pakistani) soldiers of the Omani Sultan, who came to Kilwa via Oman)
- Indian merchants (who were in Kilwa from centuries earlier) near their shops with thier new masters- German officials, Kilwa circa 1895.
- Indian Traders resident in Kilwa, as recorded in The German Colonial Handbook,1908. tell us more if you recognise your family member
- ↑ Brown, Walter Thaddeus - "A pre-colonial history of Bagamoyo: aspects of the growth of an East African coastal town." Thesis--Boston University. Bibliography:.