History of Islam in Tanzania
The earliest concrete evidence of Muslim presence in East Africa is the foundation of a mosque in Shanga on Pate Island where gold, silver and copper coins dated AD 830 were found during an excavation in the 1980's. The oldest intact building in East Africa is a functioning mosque at Kizimkazi in southern Zanzibar dated AD 1007.
About Kashmir
A region of south central Asia, mainly mountainous but including the broad and fertile valleys of the river Indus and its majority tributaries. The territory is divided into two parts by the Himalayas. To the southeast are three region: the Vale of Kashmir or upper Jehlum valley, the districts of poonch and Mangla in the middle Jehlum valley and the Jummu-Kathua plain or the Chenab and Ravi valleys. Beyond the Himalayas, to the north and Northeast are Gilgit, Baltistan and Ladakh, the last two mainly occupied by the Karakoram ranges.
Islamic History
Islamic History (Chronology)
6th Century (500-599) C.E.
545: Birth of Abdullah, the Holy Prophet's father.
571: Birth of the Holy Prophet. Year of the Elephant. Invasion of Makkah by Abraha the Viceroy of Yemen, his retreat.
577: The Holy Prophet visits Madina with his mother. Death of his mother.
580: Death of Abdul Muttalib, the grandfather of the Holy Prophet.