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Event · 1856 CE – 1964 CE

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Also known as

Daftar Sultan Zanzibar
Hồi quốc Zanzibar
Kesultanan Zanzibar
Masultani wa Zanzibar
Orodha ya Masultan wa Zanzibar
Sabhdánacht Shainsibeár

Image illustrating Sultanate of Zanzibar — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Sultanate of Zanzibarsee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

had as citizenTippu Tip1837 CE
birthplace ofAbdalla Ali1964 CE
had as citizenAbdullah bin Khalifa Al Busaidi1910 CE
had as citizenAli bin Hamud Al Busaidi1884 CE
birthplace of

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Amani Abeid Karume

1948 CE

birthplace ofAmina Salum Ali1956 CE

had as citizenBarghash bin Said Al Busaidi1837 CE

birthplace ofBi Kidude1910 CE

birthplace ofHaji Omar Kheir1960 CE

birthplace ofHaroun Ali Suleiman1953 CE

had as citizenKhalifa bin Harub Al Busaidi1879 CE

birthplace ofKhatib Haji1962 CE

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Sultanate of Zanzibar · Alexandria