Shirazi era

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The "Shirazi era" refers to a mythic origin in the history of Southeast Africa (and especially Tanzania), between the 13th century and 15th century, as recorded in the 15th century Kilwa Chronicle.^[1] Many Swahili in the central coastal region claim that their towns were founded by Persians from the Shiraz region in the 13th century.^{[citation needed]}

Population Genetics has identified the maternal heritage of the present and pre-modern population is principally of sub-saharan lineages, primarily Bantu and Pastoral Neolithic, while the majority of the male heritage, in the costal settlements, is of Asian origin, with Y-DNA haplogroups common to West Asia: J2, G2, and R1a most frequent in the samples, partially supporting the mythology.^[2]