Mbutu Bandarini Ruins( sw, Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Mbutu Bandarini) is a Medieval
Swahili,
National Historic Site located in
Somangila
Somangila (''Kata ya Somangila'', in Swahili) is an administrative ward and district capital of the Kigamboni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The Indian Ocean borders the ward to the north, Kimbiji to the south and Kisarawe ...
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 ...
in
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 ...
of
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
. Despite years of indifference that led to vandalism of the site, the Tanzanian government has contracted a firm to begin repair operations as soon as feasible.
Site
The site is situated near the Bandarini River delta, close to the seashore, about 2.5 km east of the settlement of Mwongozo in Somangila ward. The site featuring ruined buildings and a mosque's ruins in stones. There is a graveyard and an old well close to the mosque. The mosque at the location is thought to have been constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries A.D. On the surface of the site, there are significant concentrations of
native
Native may refer to:
People
* Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth
* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Native Americans (disambiguation)
In arts and entert ...
pottery. Chinese
celadon
''Celadon'' () is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware or "green ware" (the term specialists now tend to use), and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was ...
from the 15th century, Chinese blue on white, and European porcelain from the 18th century are among the imports found at the location. Heavy layers of indigenous pottery between 0 and 60 cm below the surface were found in a test pit.
See also
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Historic Swahili Settlements
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Kaole
Kaole is a national historic site located in Bagamoyo District of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The site is located three miles east of the historic city of Bagamoyo on the Indian Ocean coast. The area contains old Swahili coral stone ruins dating t ...
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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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Kimbiji Ruins
Kimbiji Ruins ( sw, Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Kimbiji) is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Kimbiji ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Although the site has been vandalized by an illegally felle ...
References
Kigamboni District
National Historic Sites in Tanzania
Swahili city-states
Archaeological sites in Tanzania
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