Dubi dangane da masallacin tarihi mafi girma a Tanzaniya
Kamfanin dillancin labaran iqna ya habarta cewa, wannan masallacin na daya daga cikin masallatai na farko da suka rage a yankunan da ake amfani da harshen Swahili na Afirka, kuma yana daya daga cikin masallatai na farko da aka gina ba tare da wani fili ba.
Babban Masallacin Kilwa, dake gabar tekun gabashin Afrika, na daya daga cikin gine-gine da dama a Kilwa da aka gina ta hanyar da aka saba yi a zamaninsa. Kamar yadda sunansa ya nuna, ya fi sauran masallatan da aka gina a tsibirin girma sosai.
Ganuwar masallacin an yi su ne da dutsen murjani kuma gabaɗaya murabba'i ne da santsi. An gina irin waɗannan ganuwar da turmi na laka. ginshiƙan da aka yi da dutsen murjani suma sun taimaka wajen goyan bayan doguwar silin.
Akwai kuma wani daki na daban wanda aka yi amfani da shi wajen bautar mai mulkin yankin. Koyaya, saboda raguwar arziki a Kilwa a ƙarshen karni na 14, gine-gine da kula da gine-gine sun ragu sosai, kuma buƙatar lemun tsami da dutsen gini ya ragu. Kamar yadda tarihi ya nuna cewa masallacin ya ruguje a zamanin mulkin Abu Al-Mahwah Al-Hasan bin Suleiman.
Wannan masallacin yana saman wani dan karamin tudu da ke fuskantar alqibla, kuma kasancewarsa a saman tudun ya sanya fadin masallacin ya fi tsayinsa.
An gano tulukan tsabar kudi a cikin katangar masallacin. An kuma samu rubuce-rubucen farko, daya daga cikin kwanakin shi ne shekara ta 1269 da aka fara aikin ginin minatar masallacin.
An ce an gina asalin siffar masallacin ne a tsakanin shekara ta 1131 zuwa 1170.
A tsakanin shekara ta 2005 zuwa 2009, wani aiki mai suna Zamani Project, wanda aka kaddamar a Afrika ta Kudu don rubuta abubuwan tarihi na al'adun Afirka, ya rubuta wasu daga cikin rugujewar Kilwa tare da na'urar tantance laser a 3D, ciki har da babban masallacin Kilwa Was.
