Kizimkazi - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Kizimkazi - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Sheriff, Abdul

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062510
Doc. NO	:	ALei2907
Main Entry	:	Sheriff, Abdul
Title & Author	:	Kizimkazi - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sheriff, Abdul
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(892 words)
Abstract	:	Kizimkazi -Dimbani is at the southern end of Unguja island in the Zanzibar archipelago. It has a mosque with the earliest known floriated Kufic inscription, dated to 500/1107. It is near the older site of Unguja Ukuu, which was settled from about 500 C.E. to 338/950 (Juma) and contains much Sāsānid and Islamic pottery. Kizimkazi was investigated by Neville Chittick, Mark Horton and Catherine Clark, and Else Kleppe; they established an archaeological sequence that is consistent with the date of the inscription. They found local and early
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2907.pdf