Shirazi era
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The "Shirazi era" refers to a mythic origin in the history of
Population Genetics has identified the maternal heritage of the present and pre-modern population is principally of sub-saharan lineages, primarily Bantu and Pastoral Neolithic, while the majority of the male heritage, in the costal settlements, is of Asian origin, with Y-DNA haplogroups common to West Asia: J2, G2, and R1a most frequent in the samples, partially supporting the mythology.[2]
History
The most likely origin for the stories about the Shirazi is from Muslim inhabitants of the Lamu Archipelago who moved south in the 10th and 11th centuries. They brought with them a coinage tradition and localized form of Islam. These Africans migrants seem to have developed a concept of Shirazi origin as they moved further southwards, near Malindi and Mombasa, along the Mrima coast. The longstanding trade connections with the Persian Gulf gave credence to these myths. In addition, because most Muslim societies are patrilineal, one can claim distant identities through paternal lines regardless of the composition of the majority of one's ancestry. The so-called Shirazi tradition represents the arrival of Islam in these eras, one reason it has proven so long lasting.[3]
Extant mosques and coins demonstrate that the "Shirazi" were not Middle Eastern immigrants, but northern Swahili Muslims. They moved south, founding
The Shirazi legend took on new importance in the 19th century, during the period of
Heritage
One of the most important
Royal House
There is an extant Imperial Persian royal line that retain the title of Wa-Shirazi Sultans including the Sultanate of Hamamvu of the Comoros and the Sultanate of Aldabra (the current incumbent being Hutan Ashrafian).
See also
References
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- PMC 10060156.
- ^ Horton, Mark & Middleton, John. "The Swahili: The Social Landscape of a Mercantile Society." (Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2000) Pg. 59
- ^ Horton, Mark & Middleton, John. "The Swahili: The Social Landscape of a Mercantile Society." (Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 2000) Pg. 61
- ^ Meier, Prita. "Swahili Port Cities: The Architecture of Elsewhere." (Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University press, 2016) Pg. 101.
- (in Italian) Anna Rita Coppola, La storia di Kilwa dai primi insediamenti all'arrivo dei portoghesi ([1])