Sultanate of Zanzibar information

Sultanate of Zanzibar
سلطنة زنجبار (Arabic)
*Usultani wa Zanzibar* (Swahili)
Sultanate of Zanzibar سلطنة زنجبار (Arabic); Usultani wa Zanzibar (Swahili);
1856–1964
	Flag; (1963–1964) Emblem
	Anthem: National Anthem of Zanzibar; (until 1890); National March for the Sultan of Zanzibar; (1911–1964);
	Sultanate of Zanzibar in pink[clarification needed]
Status	Sovereign state (1856–90); British protectorate (1890–1963); Sovereign state (1963–64);
Capital	Stone Town
Common languages	Swahili; Arabic; English;
Religion	Islam
Government	Absolute monarchy; (1856–1963); Constitutional monarchy; (1963–1964)
Sultan
• 1856–1870	Majid bin Said (first)
• 1963–1964	Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said (last)
Chief Minister
• 1961	Geoffrey Lawrence
• 1961–1964	Muhammad Hamadi
History
• Division of the Omani Empire	19 October 1856
• Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty	1 July 1890
• Anglo-Zanzibar War	27 August 1896
• Zanzibar Revolution	12 January 1964
Population
• 1964	300,000
Currency	Zanzibari ryal (1882–1908); Zanzibari rupee (1908–1935); East African shilling (1935–1964); Indian rupee and Maria Theresa thaler also circulated
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Omani Empire
People's Republic of Zanzibar
Today part of	Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique;

The Sultanate of Zanzibar (Swahili: Usultani wa Zanzibar, Arabic: سلطنة زنجبار, romanized: Sulṭanat Zanjībār), also known as the Zanzibar Sultanate,^[1] was an East African Muslim state controlled by the Sultan of Zanzibar, in place between 1856 and 1964.^[4] The Sultanate's territories varied over time, and after a period of decline, the state had sovereignty over only the Zanzibar Archipelago and a 16-kilometre-wide (10 mi) strip along the Kenyan coast, with the interior of Kenya constituting the British Kenya Colony and the coastal strip administered as a de facto part of that colony.

Under an agreement reached on 8 October 1963, the Sultan of Zanzibar relinquished sovereignty over his remaining territory on the mainland, and on 12 December 1963, Kenya officially obtained independence from the British. On 12 January 1964, Jamshid bin Abdullah, the last sultan, was deposed and lost sovereignty over the last of his dominions, Zanzibar, marking the end of the Sultanate.

^ ^a ^b Gascoigne, Bamber (2001). "History of Zanzibar". HistoryWorld. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference speller4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Coins of Zanzibar". Numista. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ Ndzovu, Hassan J. (2014). "Historical Evolution of Muslim Politics in Kenya from the 1840s to 1963". Muslims in Kenyan Politics: Political Involvement, Marginalization, and Minority Status. Northwestern University Press. pp. 17–50. ISBN 9780810130029. JSTOR j.ctt22727nc.7.

[historyzanzibar-1] Gascoigne, Bamber (2001). "History of Zanzibar". HistoryWorld. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

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[3] "Coins of Zanzibar". Numista. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

[4] Ndzovu, Hassan J. (2014). "Historical Evolution of Muslim Politics in Kenya from the 1840s to 1963". Muslims in Kenyan Politics: Political Involvement, Marginalization, and Minority Status. Northwestern University Press. pp. 17–50. ISBN 9780810130029. JSTOR j.ctt22727nc.7.

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