The ruined town of Tongoni near the village of Mtangata, with its mosque and some forty tombs, was inhabited from the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century to the seventeenth (Wikipedia, which also says, inconsistently, that it was established about the tenth century).
No town is attested here on 1 January 1200; at most a fishing village. Shown as a point so the campaign knows it is later.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
None recorded.
How things stand that morning
No town yet.
Charter
None known: Swahili towns had no written charters.
Communities
Not attested for 1200.
Fairs and markets
No fairs; trade follows the monsoon season (ships arrive with the north-east kaskazi from about November and leave with the south-west kusi from about April).
Militia
Not recorded.
Trade and crafts
Not attested for 1200.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Ruins dated by their architecture and tombs; no evidence for 1200.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.