The Kilwa Chronicle is a text, believed to be based on oral tradition, which describes the origins of Kilwa, an Indian Ocean island near the East African coast. It recounts the genealogy of the rulers of Kilwa . Two sources of the Chronicle exist: the Kitāb al-Sulwa in Arabic and a Portuguese version that is a section of the book Décadas da Ásia by the historian João de Barros. The genealogical account is similar in both versions but other details vary substantially.  
The Kilwa Chronicle is a text, believed to be based on oral tradition, which describes the origins of the Swahili city-state of Kilwa, on an Indian Ocean island near the East African coast. It recounts the genealogy of the rulers of the Kilwa Sultanate . Two sources of the Chronicle exist: the Kitāb al-Sulwa in Arabic and a Portuguese version that is a section of the book Décadas da Ásia by the historian João de Barros. The genealogical account is similar in both versions but other details vary substantially. Sources João de Barros (1552) Décadas da Ásia: Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento, e conquista, dos mares, e terras do Oriente., Dec. I, Lib. 8, Cap. 6 (p. 223ff) Strong, S. Arthur (1895) "The History of Kilwa, edited from an Arabic MS", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, January (No volume number), pp. 385–431. online
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the Swahili city-state of Kilwa, on
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the Kilwa Sultanate
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João de Barros (1552) Décadas da Ásia: Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento, e conquista, dos mares, e terras do Oriente., Dec. I, Lib. 8, Cap. 6 (p. 223ff) Strong, S. Arthur (1895) "The History of Kilwa, edited from an Arabic MS", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, January (No volume number), pp. 385–431. online