Publication: Islamization in the Coastal region of Kenya to the end the Nineteenth Century
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Publisher
Bookwise
Abstract
The first
Muslims
to arrive in what is now Kenya
came
by sea
more
than
a
thousand
years ago.
Whether
they were
Arabs
or
Persians,
and
exactly
where they came from, may never be
known.
Present
evidence
indicates
that
they were most likely from the region
of
the
Persian
Gulf.
Some
came
as
traders
for
seasonal
visits, or a
temporary
stay;
others
came
as
immigrants
and
settled
in island and
mainland
towns,
always
near,
though
not necessarily on,
the
coast.
The
first
Muslim
settlers
were
followed
by
others
and, as time passed, the
number
of
Muslim
settlements
in the
coastal
region
increased.
Description
Book Chapter in Book titled "Kenya in the 19th Century" edited by Ogot, B.A.
Keywords
Islam, Coastal Kenya, Religion