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Last reigning Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1963?64)
Jamshid bin Abdullah
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Sultan Jamshid in 1963
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Reign
| 1 July 1963 ? 12 January 1964
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Predecessor
| Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa
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Successor
| Abeid Karume
(as President of Zanzibar)
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Born
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1929-09-16
)
16 September 1929
(age 94)
Unguja
,
Zanzibar
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Spouse
| Zuleika bint Abdullah Al Aufy
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Issue
| Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al Said
Sayyida Matuka bint Jamshid Al Said
Sayyid Khalifa bin Jamshid Al Said
Sayyid Abdullah bin Jamshid Al Said
Sayyid Wasfi bin Jamshid Al Said
Sayyida Adla bint Jamshid Al Said
Sayyid Gharib bin Jamshid Al Said
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House
| Al Said
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Father
| Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Said
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Mother
| Sayyida Tohfa bint Ali Al Said
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Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi
GCMG
(
Arabic
:
????? ?? ??? ???? ?????????
; born 16 September 1929)
[1]
[2]
is a
Zanzibari
royal who was the last reigning
Sultan of Zanzibar
. He was deposed in the
1964 Zanzibar Revolution
, after the United Kingdom gave up its
British Protectorate
.
Biography
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Jamshid ruled
Zanzibar
from 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1964. On 10 December 1963, the
United Kingdom
gave up its
British protectorate
over the already self-governing Zanzibar, leaving it as a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth under Jamshid, responsible for its own defence and foreign affairs. But this state of affairs was short-lived. Without British protection the Sultan was soon overthrown by the majority Africans in the
Zanzibar Revolution
.
He fled into exile, firstly to
Oman
, but was not allowed to settle there permanently.
[3]
He later moved to the
United Kingdom
, settling in
Portsmouth
[4]
with his wife and children.
[5]
While his children and siblings were allowed to settle in Oman in the 1980s, the Omani government continually denied Jamshid's requests to join them, citing security reasons.
[6]
Their stance changed in September 2020 when, after Jamshid had lived more than 50 years in the United Kingdom, the government of the new
Sultan of Oman
,
Haitham bin Tariq
, granted his request to return to his ancestral land as a member of the
Al Said
royal family, but not as a titular Sultan.
[7]
Honours
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National
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Foreign
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Ancestry
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Ancestors of Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
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