Chalifa ibn Said

Sultan Khalifa ibn Said

Sayyid Chalifa ibn Said al-Busaidi , GCMG (* 1852 - † February 13, 1890 ; Arabic خليفة بن سعيد البوسعيدي, DMG Ḫalīfa b. Saʿīd al-Būsaʿīdī ; also Khalifa ) was the younger brother and successor of the Sultan Barghasch ibn Said of Zanzibar and son of the Sultan Said ibn Sultan of Oman . Chalifa ruled Zanzibar from March 26, 1888 until his death.

By his brother and predecessor Barghasch, Khalifa was put in prison in 1870 for (alleged) involvement in an attempted coup, and his sister Salme was released years later.

After Barghash suddenly died during tough negotiations with the German East African Society (DOAG), Khalifa was appointed to succeed it as sultan. He was much more accommodating towards the DOAG and signed the so-called Coastal Treaty on April 28, 1888 , according to which Zanzibar leased sovereignty over the East African coastal zone and the customs revenue from its ports in return for compensation payments from the company. The change of flag led to the uprising of the East African coastal population .

Like barghash, Khalifa promoted the fight against slavery and was named Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1889.

Khalifa's successor was his brother Ali ibn Said , who, however, had to accept British protectorate rule over the Sultanate of Zanzibar as early as 1890 .

literature

• Ruete, Emily, Ulrich Haarmann (Eds.), E. Van Donzel (Editor): An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds: Memoirs, Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs, Syrian Customs and Usages. Leiden, Netherlands 1992. ISBN 90-04-09615-9 .
• Heinrich Loth: History of Africa from the Beginnings to the Present, Part II, Africa under imperialist colonial rule and the formation of the anti-colonial forces 1884–1945, page 31 f. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1976.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ London Gazette issue 260004, December 20, 1889. ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.