Saidi Abdallah bin Salim

Saidi Abdallah bin Salim (also: Abdallah III .; Born 1836/37; died February 3, 1891 ) was the last sultan of the island of Anjouan in the Comoros archipelago . He came to power in 1855 at the age of 18 or 19, following the death of his father, Sultan Salim bin Alawi .

In the course of his rule, the structure of rule on the island shifted from Anglo - American influences to a protectorate of the French . By Europeans Said Abdallah was considered intelligent and perceptive and he tried to modernize the beginning of his reign, the government and to humanize the criminal law, but without much success: the aristocrats who together with him in Port Louis , Mauritius had been educated, and those who were used to a life of idleness were of no help to him.

At the beginning of his reign, the English planter Sunley was particularly influential, as Said Abdallah, in collaboration with him , founded a plantation in Bambao in 1864 . However, he got into trouble when he wanted to get rid of this partner.

In 1866 he finally accepted the conditions of the French protectorate in order to escape the requirements of the English. But even then he still offered passive resistance against the entry of the French and the appointment of a resident permanently on the island. It was only when the navy besieged the citadel and occupied Mutsamudu that the sultan was forced to relent, fearing that his brothers would benefit from his weakness and depose him. Again and again he hesitated and withdrew to Bambao, isolating the resident and preventing the Protectorate from gaining strength.

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• History of Anjouan (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Salim bin Alawi	Sultan of Anjouan 1855-1891	-