Sultanate of Zanzibar

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 with the Anglo-Zanzibar War when the British East Africa colony was established. This means it ended at the turn of the twentieth century.^[1]

Ibadite Sultanate of Zanzibar Zanzibar Sultanate
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
Preceded by Succeeded by Omani Empire Tanzania
Today part of	Zanzibar archipelago