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Kimbiji Ruins ( sw, Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Kimbiji) is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Kimbiji ward of
Kigamboni District Kigamboni District (officially known as Kigamboni Municipal Council) is a district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kigamboni District is divided into 9 administrative wards. # Tungi # Vijibweni # Kimbiji # Kisarawe II # Kigamboni # Mjimwema # K ...
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Dar es Salaam Region Dar es Salaam Region (''Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and is located in the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land and ...
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. Although the site has been vandalized by an illegally felled tree that fell on the mosque, the Tanzanian government is working to launch restoration measures as soon as possible.


History

The location of this place is around 300 meters to the east of Kimbiji town. There are
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ruins there with a lot of
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and foreign pottery on the surface. Additionally, there is a mosque that is in ruins and is thought to have been built in the 18th century A.D. The land around the mosque is a cemetery, and the majority of the burials contain large fragments of European objects from the 18th and 19th centuries that were utilized in religious acts.
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potsherds were found in great quantity in a shovel test trench dug at the location, which was filled to a depth of 80 cm with them. The site may have been inhabited continuously for a very long time, according to finds from the deposits. Felix A. Chami. (1994) The first millennium AD on the East Coast: a new look at the cultural sequence and interactions. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 29-30:1, pages 227-237


See also

* Historic Swahili Settlements *
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Kunduchi Ruins Kunduchi (''Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Kunduchi'' in Swahili ) is a Medieval Swahili National Historic Site located in Kunduchi ward, located in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. There is an excavated 15th-century mosque ...
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Msuka Mjini Ruins Msuka Mjini Ruins ( Swahili ''Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini'') is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungan ...
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Kichokochwe Ruins Kichokochwe ( Swahili ''Magofu ya mji wa Kale wa Kichokochwe'') is protected historic site located inside Wete District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano ...
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Pujini Ruins Pujini Ruins (''Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Pujini'' in Swahili ) is a Medieval historic site next to the village of Pujini located in Chake Chake District of Pemba South Region. There used to be a fortified palace at the site, only ruins of the wa ...
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Mbutu Bandarini Mbutu Bandarini Ruins( sw, Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Mbutu Bandarini) is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Somangila ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Despite years of indifference that led to v ...


References

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