Aw Garweyne is an island of ancient habitation in the southeastern
Lower Shabelle province of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
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Overview
Aw Garweyne was originally positioned off of the
Benadir littoral. It is now joined to the mainland by sand.
The small island is an important local archaeological site, featuring a number of old ruins.
Among these structures is the tomb of the eponymous Aw Garweyne ("large bearded cleric"), the sobriquet of
Sheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
'Ismaan. Geledi and Wa'dhaan tradition on the southern mainland upholds the memory of the late Islamic saint and his long grizzled beard.
See also
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Toniki
Toniki (Ancient Greek: Τωνική) was an ancient proto-Somali market town on the coast of the southeastern Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.
Overview
Toniki is believed to have been situated in the vicinity of Makasi in the present-day Baraw ...
Notes
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Archaeological sites in Somalia
Lower Shabelle
Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa