Msuka Mjini Ruins

Msuka Mjini Ruins

Mosque ruins at Msuka Mjini, 1920
Shown within Tanzania
Location	Micheweni District, Pemba North Region,  Tanzania
Coordinates	4°54′40.32″S 39°43′40.08″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
National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Official name	Msuka Mjini Ruins Historic Site
Type	Cultural

Msuka Mjini Ruins (Swahili Mji wa Kale wa Msuka Mjini) is a 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

• Historic Swahili Settlements
• Archaeology of Pemba Island
• Kunduchi Ruins
• Kimbiji Ruins
• Tongoni Ruins
• Pujini Ruins

References

1. "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
2. "Zanzibar Historical Sites". Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
3. "Settlements of Pemba and Zanzibar" (PDF). Retrieved 25 Jul 2022.
4. 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.
5. 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.