Zanzibar
زنجبار
An island off the East African coast, an Islamic trading centre of Swahili culture; the Sultanate of Oman ruled it in the nineteenth century.
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- East Africa & Swahili coast
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islam.museum contributors. “Zanzibar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zanzibar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.