# Aw Garweyne

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'''Aw Garweyne''' is an island of ancient habitation in the southeastern [Lower Shabelle](/source/Lower_Shabelle) province of [Somalia](/source/Somalia).

==Overview==
[Aw](/source/aw_(father))  Garweyne was originally positioned off of the [Benadir](/source/Benadir) littoral. It is now joined to the mainland by sand.<ref name="Arecchi32">{{cite book|first=Alberto|last=Arecchi|title=Somalia, Volume 1 of Collana Paesi d'Africa|year=1996|publisher=CESVI|page=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-A4OAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>

The small island is an important local archaeological site, featuring a number of old ruins.<ref name="Arecchi32"/> Among these structures is the tomb of the eponymous Aw Garweyne ("large bearded cleric"), the sobriquet of [Sheikh](/source/Sheikh) 'Ismaan. Geledi and Wa'dhaan tradition on the southern mainland upholds the memory of the late Islamic saint and his long grizzled beard.<ref name="Bader263">{{cite book|first=Christian|last=Bader|title=Mythes et légendes de la Corne de l'Afrique|year=2000|publisher=Karthala|isbn=2845860692|page=263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9XfAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Toniki](/source/Toniki)

==Notes==
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Category:Archaeological sites in Somalia
Category:Lower Shabelle
Category:Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa

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