The mosque at Kizimkazi Dimbani is located on the island of Unguja (Zanzibar). According to a text inscribed along its northern inner wall, the mosque was constructed by one Shaikh es-Saiyid Abu 'Imran Musa, son of el Hasan, son of Muhammad in 500AH (1107 CE). Along with the dedicatory text are inscribed verses from the Quran. The mosque is important because it is one of the earliest extant mosques still in use this far south along the East African coast. Multiple excavations have taken place at the mosque and its environs, most recently in 2018 by Akshay Sarathi. Sarathi is yet to publish the results of his excavations, but he excavated 13 burials, multiple sherds of imported and local ceramics, shell and glass beads, faunal remains, and floral remains. In 1959, in conjunction with repairs that were conducted at the mosque, Neville Chittick excavated some trenches. He argued that the site was first seriously occupied in the 10th-11th century CE, as evidenced by the presence of sgraffiato ware. The site ...