Mogadishu, Also Maqdishu, Hamar

City

CityAlso Maqdishu, Hamar

Mogadishuمقديشو

One of the oldest Muslim trading towns of East Africa.

A Muslim port by the 900s, it grew rich trading with Arabia, Persia and India. Ibn Battuta stayed in 1331 and described its sultan, scholars and fine cloth. Zheng He's Chinese fleets called here in the 1410s.

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Ibn BattutaZheng He

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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