Swahili

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and conceivably could have settled further north as well) Initially Arab immigration was scarce, settlement was sparse and it was limited to the islands But it did occur, marriage with the women of the coast took place and the first seeds for the eventual emergence of a Swahili culture were sown. The shirazi are also descendants of interracial marriages but in this case it was the Persians who came to the coast Shirazi is derived from the Persian word Shiraz, the capital of faz in Persia The Swahili and Shirazi people have almost indistinguishable from each other They are mainly traders and small businessmen