Aw Garweyne is an island of ancient habitation in the southeastern

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province of

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Aw Garweyne was originally positioned off of the Benadir littoral. It is now joined to the mainland by sand. The small island is an important local archaeological site, featuring a number of old ruins. Among these structures is the tomb of the eponymous Aw Garweyne ("large bearded cleric"), the sobriquet of

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'Ismaan. Geledi and Wa'dhaan tradition on the southern mainland upholds the memory of the late Islamic saint and his long grizzled beard.

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{{reflist Archaeological sites in Somalia Lower Shabelle Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa

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