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Al-Banadir

Daar Ku Aasan Hotel Curuba Agtiisa

Degmooyinka taariikhigaee Muqdisho iyo kuwa ku yaalla magaalooyinka kale ee Soomaaliya, waxa ay leeyihiin qiimo gaar ah. Naqshadaha guryahooda (architecture), masaajidyada iyo qorsheeynta degitaanka magaalada (urbanization) waxa ay na siinayaan caddeyn sida ay u kortay xirfadaha dhismaha magaaladu, qarni ka…

Sheikh AbduAziz Al Amawi

Manuscript by Abdulaziz Al-Umawi, Judge of Zanzibar

يحوي مسائل فقهية ولمحات تاريخية –إدريس بن بابه باحامد –هو الشيخ الفقيه عبد العزيز بن عبد الغني الأموي، المعروف بقاضي زنجبار، لم أجد من كتب عنه كثيرا وفصّل في ذكر مآثره وحياته، إلا أنه اشتهر بعلمه وتمكنه في مجال القضاء…

Picture 1. A picture of the Palace compound (the 3 buildings) taken around 1950s.

The Palace Museum, Zanzibar

Written by Riadh A. AlBusaidi, April, 2018 After the 1964 Zanzibar revolution, the Sultan’s Palace was turned into a museum. I have read articles and I have seen short ‘documentary’ films talking about the origins of this palace. I would…