Empire · approximate957 CE – 1513 · 556 years

Kilwa Sultanate

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Kilwa Sultanate was a sultanate, centered at Kilwa, whose authority, at its height, stretched over the entire length of the Swahili Coast. According to the legend, it was founded in the 10th century by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi, a Persian prince of Shiraz.

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Borders & accuracy

Approximate borders

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
SNAPSHOT1300
POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire3

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Kilwa Sultanate Wars1200–1500
Major conflict
Portuguese sack of Kilwa (1505)1505
Significant
Mogadishu–Kilwa trade war1200–1331
Regional

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Cite as: Kilwa Sultanate (957 CE – 1513). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/kilwa-sultanate · Sources & methodology