Sultan Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi (c.10th century), was the founder of the Kilwa Sultanate.
At the zenith of its power in the 15th century, the Kilwa Sultanate owned or claimed overlordship over the mainland cities of Malindi, Inhambane and Sofala and the island-states of Mombassa, Pemba, Zanzibar, Mafia, Comoro and Mozambique (plus numerous smaller places) - essentially what is now often referred to as the "Swahili Coast".
Delhi Sultanate | Sultanate of Darfur | Sultanate of Rum | Sultanate of Rûm | Sultanate of Damagaram | Madurai Sultanate | Johor Sultanate | Warsangali Sultanate | Sultanate of Rüm | Sennar (sultanate) | Mataram Sultanate | Kilwa Sultanate | Kilwa District | Ifat Sultanate | Gujarat Sultanate | Delhi sultanate | Aceh Sultanate |