Dar LIfe July 2021 Issue

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Dar es Salaam &

The famous commercial city with exotic

DAR ES SALAAM MEANS ‘HAVEN OF PEACE’. THE NAME WAS BESTOWED ON THE CITY DURING THE TIME OF SULTAN SEYYID MAJID, WHO CHOSE THE SLEEPING FISHING VILLAGE OF ZARAMO TO HAVE HIS SUMMER PALACE, BANDUR UL SALAAM, THE PALACE OF PEACE. THE VILLAGE THRIVED AND GREW UNDER THE SULTAN’S PRESENCE, BECOMING A CENTRE OF TRADE FOR IVORY AND SLAVES AND TRANSFORMING OVER TIME INTO THE BUSTLING CITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

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