Majid bin Said of Zanzibar
Sayyid Majid bin Said al - Busaidi (Arabic: ماجد بن سعيد البوسعيدي, DMG Māǧid b Sa ʿ īd al - ʿ Busa Īdī; . * 1834? † October 7, 1870 ) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He reigned 19 October 1856 until his death.
His father Sayyid Said had laid as Sultan of Oman the seat of government from Muscat to Zanzibar town and determined Majid to his heirs. His older brother Thuwaini also made claims to the throne argued, so that finally there was a division of the dominions in Oman ( with Thuwaini as Sultan ) and Zanzibar. During his reign there were several plots and attempts of his brothers to overthrow him. Beginning of 1860 he was able to prevail against a coup attempt under his brother Barghash ( who was supported by his half-sister Salme ). His siblings involved in the coup attempt were made on a country estate for a few months under house arrest to sentence and were able to return to his court after that.
During his reign, the Sultanate concentrated increasingly on the slave trade along the coasts of East Africa. During his reign the slave market was the largest of its kind in the whole of Africa in Zanzibar town. The economic, political and diplomatic relations with the then great powers, Britain and France and the USA, Portugal and several German states were expanded, allowing him to preserve the independence of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Since he had only one daughter, his brother succeeded him as Sultan Bargash. Madschids Khanforah daughter had married her cousin, the Omani Prince Hammud ibn Muhammad ibn Sa ʿ id, the 1896 Sultan of Zanzibar was.
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- Sultan ( Zanzibar )
- Born in the 19th century
- Died in 1870
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