Mduuni Explained

Mduuni Ruins
Map Type:	Tanzania
Relief:	yes
Location:	Micheweni District, Pemba North Region,
Type:	Settlement
Material:	Coral rag
Built:	13-14th century CE
Cultures:	Swahili
Architectural Styles:	Swahili & Islamic
Condition:	Endangered
Ownership:	Tanzanian Government
Management:	Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism ^[1]
Designation1:	NHST
Designation1 Offname:	Mduuni Ruins Historic Site
Designation1 Type:	Cultural

Mduuni Ruins (Swahili Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini) is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The settlement was established around 1100 CE.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

See also

• Historic Swahili Settlements
• Archaeology of Pemba Island

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antiquities Division. 21 Jul 2022.
2. LaViolette . Adria . Fleisher . Jeffrey . The Urban History of a Rural Place: Swahili Archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 2009 . 42 . 3 . 433–455 . 40646777 .
3. Fleisher . Jeffrey B. . Swahili Synoecism: Rural Settlements and Town Formation on the Central East African Coast, A.D. 750–1500 . Journal of Field Archaeology . 2010 . 35 . 3 . 265–282 . 10.1179/009346910X12707321358919 . 24406708 . 140142071 .
4. Web site: Zanzibar Historical Sites. 12 April 2020 . 25 Jul 2022.
5. Kessy . Emmanuel T. . The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar . August 1992 .
6. de Vere Allen . James . Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 1981 . 14 . 2 . 306–334 . 10.2307/218047 . 218047 .
7. Schacht . J. . An Unknown Type of Minbar and Its Historical Significance . Ars Orientalis . 1957 . 2 . 149–173 . 4629034 .