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Nairobi

نيروبي

Capital and largest city of Kenya.

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Region
East Africa & Swahili coast
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Place of death of
Aden Adde· Ali Mahdi Muhammad
Birthplace of
Ali Velshi
Home of
Sheikh Jamaludin Osman Haji

People and things also explored

Abdirashid Ali Shermarke· Siad Barre· Kenya· Medina· Mombasa· Aden Adde· Ali Mahdi Muhammad· Ali Velshi

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Nairobi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nairobi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Abdirashid Ali Shermarke

Somali politician (1919–1969) from Harardhere, the first prime minister of Somalia (1960–1964) and then its second president (1967–1969) after defeating Aden Adde in the 1967 election; he was assassinated by one of his own bodyguards at Las Anod on 15 October 1969, and his killing was followed six days later by Siad Barre's coup.