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Kizimkazi, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Mihrab of the Mosque, with inscription dated to 1107A.D. The Kufic inscription attributes the founding of the mosque to Persian settlers. This is the oldest dated Arabic inscription on the East African coast.
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