[2][3] An 18th-century cemetery with the biggest collection of pillared tombs in East Africa, situated in a baobab woodland, and embellished with Ming era's porcelain plates.

According to reports, the Debli people were a part of a Bantu muslim community organization that constructed mosques at several locations along Tanzania's coast, including Kunduchi, Tongoni, and Mbweni.

Stone construction at Kunduchi came to an end at the start of the sixteenth century or earlier when the Portuguese sailed to East Africa and established a monopoly on commerce in luxury items like gold and ivory based on an analysis of the architectural styles of both the mosque and tombs.

[9] The native residents of the East African coast established linkages in international trade for centuries, according to chronicles and documentary sources by outside travelers.

Descriptions of the African territories visited on two of these journeys from the years 1417–1419 and 1421–1422 CE include details about the boats that connected the interior and other coastal towns.

[11] The first completely certain record of Swahili words we have is found in the tomb of Sultan Shaf la-Haji at Kunduchi, which bears the date A.H. 1081(1670-1 CE) and mentions the name of his father Mwinyi Mtumaini.

Another way to pay respect to the deceased must have been to raise the tomb pillar, engrave the tombstone, and decorate the graves with either star-shaped embellishments or steps-like cuttings.

[14] Richard Burton's descriptions from the nineteenth century mention Kunduchi but do not go into detail about its mosque, stone-built graves, or the Chinese pottery adorning the tombs.

Kunduchi was one of the most beautiful Swahili sites, especially along Tanzania's central coast, as demonstrated by archaeological artifacts found in its test pits.

Between Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo, the team conducted surveys and dug test trenches at various old Swahili localities, including ones Kunduchi.

LaViolette and colleagues detailed the tombs at Kunduchi, assessed the area, and dug two test pits in the northwest corner of the mosque, close to the shore.

[16] Diverse cultural artifacts were found at the site during surveys and test excavations, including potsherds that are likely from the Tana/TIW tradition and Sasanian Islamic ceramics, bead grinders, slag, and a copper coin from the early Sultan of Kilwa.

Based on these cultural artifacts, the team came to the conclusion that Kunduchi had been inhabited at least since the tenth century and that one of the main crafts practiced in the village was ironworking.

The evidence revealed from the neighboring sites of Kaole in Bagamoyo and Mbuamaji in the Kigamboni District of Dar es Salaam supports the Plain Ware culture discovered at Kunduchi.