Information
Name: Sultanate of Zanzibar
Type: Polity
Nation: zanzibar
Start: 1856
End: 1896
Groups:
Polities of the Swahili Coast
Sultanate of Zanzibar: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Was a polity that controlled Zanzibar and its nearby islands, as well as the coast of Tanzania. It emerged when the Omani Empire was divided in 1856 between Muscat and Oman (possessions in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula) and Zanzibar (possession in Africa). It was placed under British protection in 1895.
