Chapter II. Zanj or Seng-Chih

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Contents 7
4. Introduction 9
5. Bibliography 13
6. Note on the Transliteration of Swahili and Arabic Words 18
7. Part 1: The Tanganyika Coast as Part of Azania
8. Chapter I. The Times of Ignorance 21
9. Chapter II. Zanj or Seng-Chih 31
10. Part 2: The Polity of Kilwa
11. Chapter I .The Documents 45
12. Chapter II. The Chronology of the Sultans of Kilwa Kisiwani 60
13. Chapter III. The Settlement of Kilwa: 957–1131 74
14. Chapter IV. The Rise to Prosperity and its Aftermath: 1131–1333 88
15. Chapter V. The Times of al-Hasan and Dā'ūd ibn Sulaimān: 1310–1356 99
16. Chapter VI. The Shadows of Decline: 1356–1442 111
17. Chapter VII. The Later 15th Century: 1442–1498 126
18. Chapter VIII. The State of Kilwa: its Dominions and Political Organisation 143
19. Chapter IX. Other Historical Sites of the Tanganyika Coast 156
20. Chapter X. Coinage before the Coming of the Portuguese 176
21. Chapter XI. Daily Life and Commerce 192
22. Chapter XII. Summary and Conclusions 207
23. Appendix
24. I. The Traditional History of Kua 211
25. II. A Portuguese Description of Kilwa in 1505 216
26. Tables: Recorded Finds of Coins in East Africa
27. I Kilwa (including coins classified as either Kilwa or Mafia) 220
28. II The Mafia Islands 221
29. III Zanzibar 222
30. IV Pemba 223
31. V Kenya 223
32. VI Summary of Totals by Area 223
33. Index 225
34. Plates 239
35. Genealogical tables 245
36. Maps 249