Round 5: Tossup 10

In a city on this body of water, al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman commissioned the palace of Husuni Kubwa and a Great Mosque visited by Ibn Battuta. The sultanate of Kilwa lay on this body (15[1])of water, (15[1]-5[2])where in 1896 the British waged what is often considered the shortest war in history against an island sultanate. A language whose name derives from (*) Arabic is spoken in cities on this body of water like Malindi, which was visited by one of the treasure voyages of Zheng He (“JUNG HUH”). Zanzibar lies in this ocean, which Vasco (10[1])De Gama reached (10[1])after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. (10[1])For 10 points, the Swahili Coast borders what ocean on the eastern side of Africa? ■END■

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