Vohemar's great cemetery of the Muslim 'Rasikajy' traders, with Chinese celadon, soapstone vessels and glass, is generally dated from about the fourteenth century (some accounts say the thirteenth) to the seventeenth; the town's name appears in Ibn Majid in the fifteenth century.
On 1 January 1200 there is no attested trading town here; the coast belongs to the farming and fishing villages of the north-east.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
None recorded.
How things stand that morning
No town attested.
Charter
None known: Swahili towns had no written charters.
Council
None recorded.
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
- The brief asks to check Vohemar's date: its necropolis is later than 1200 on the usual dating, though some accounts begin it in the thirteenth century.
Evidence: Necropolis excavated in the 1940s; dating from grave goods.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.