Msuka Mjini Ruins
![]() Mosque ruins at Msuka Mjini, 1920 | |
Location | Micheweni District, Pemba North Region, ![]() |
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Coordinates | 4°54′40.32″S 39°43′40.08″E / 4.9112000°S 39.7278000°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Material | Coral rag |
Founded | 15th century CE |
Cultures | Swahili |
Site notes | |
Condition | Endangered |
Ownership | Tanzanian Government |
Management | Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1] |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | Swahili & Islamic |
Official name | Msuka Mjini Ruins Historic Site |
Type | Cultural |
Msuka Mjini Ruins (Swahili Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini) is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. Msuka Mjini has a Swahili mosque from the fifteenth century preserved in ruins on the Kigomasha peninsula on the island. The date 816AH (1414 CE) is carved on the interior of the circular mirhab. [2] [3] [4][5]
See also
[edit]- Historic Swahili Settlements
- Archaeology of Pemba Island
- Kunduchi Ruins
- Kimbiji Ruins
- Tongoni Ruins
- Pujini Ruins
References
[edit]- ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
- ^ "Zanzibar Historical Sites". Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
- ^ "Settlements of Pemba and Zanzibar" (PDF). Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
- ^ James de Vere Allen. “Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1981, pp. 306–34. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/218047. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.
- ^ Schacht, J. “An Unknown Type of Minbar and Its Historical Significance.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 2, 1957, pp. 149–73. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629034. Accessed 25 Jul. 2022.