Sultanate Of Zanzibar: 1856-1964 monarchy in the Indian Ocean
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was an Ibadite kingdom in East Africa.
It was under the influence of the Omani Muscat Sultanate at first. It came to an end when the British East Africa colony was established. This means it ended at the turn of the twentieth century.
Ibadite Sultanate of Zanzibar Zanzibar Sultanate | |||||||||
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| 1856–1964 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Mji Mkongwe | ||||||||
| Common languages | Swahili | ||||||||
| Religion | Ibadism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1856–1870 | Majid bin Said (first) | ||||||||
• 1963–1964 | Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1856 | ||||||||
• Merger with Tanganyika | 1964 | ||||||||
| Currency | shilling | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Zanzibar archipelago | ||||||||
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