"A key finding of this study is evidence of mixture at roughly AD 1000 between peoples of African and Persian ancestries [...]
This is consistent with the Kilwa Chronicle, which describes the arrival of Persians on the Swahili coast and interactions between them and coastal residents. Whether or not this history has a basis in an actual voyage, the ancient DNA provides direct evidence for Persian-associated ancestry being derived overwhelmingly from males and arriving on the eastern African coast by about AD 1000
This timing coincides with archaeological evidence for a substantial cultural transformation on the coast, including the widespread adoption of Islam [...]
Persian loanwords contribute up to 3% of Kiswahili, but it is unclear whether they are derived directly from Persian or through adoption into other Indian Ocean languages"
Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05754-w
"A key finding of this study is evidence of mixture at roughly AD 1000 between peoples of African and Persian ancestries [...]
This is consistent with the Kilwa Chronicle, which describes the arrival of Persians on the Swahili coast and interactions between them and coastal residents. Whether or not this history has a basis in an actual voyage, the ancient DNA provides direct evidence for Persian-associated ancestry being derived overwhelmingly from males and arriving on the eastern African coast by about AD 1000
This timing coincides with archaeological evidence for a substantial cultural transformation on the coast, including the widespread adoption of Islam [...]
Persian loanwords contribute up to 3% of Kiswahili, but it is unclear whether they are derived directly from Persian or through adoption into other Indian Ocean languages"