Saidi Omar bin Saidi Houssein

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Saidi Omar bin Saidi Houssein ( Arabic  , also le sultan vert - "The Green Sultan"; born ~ 1815; died 1892) was Sultan of Anjouan . He belonged to the El Maceli clan , from which numerous sultans of the island emerged; his grandfather was, for example, Abdallah I , Abdallah III. his cousin. He married four women, including Fatima Soudi bint Abderremane (Djoumbé Fatima), Queen of Mohéli , and a daughter of Saïd Achmet the Sultan of Bambao . Like Abdallah III. Said Omar was positive about the establishment of a French protectorate . He hoped that this would bring peace to the region.

In 1840 he became vizier of Salim bin Alawi . In 1841 he negotiated with France to support the successor of his father-in-law Saïd Achmet in the Sultanate of Bambao, in return for the acquisition of Mayotte in Dzaoudzi . This made it possible for France to plan the protectorate on Grande Comore . Eight years later he received the Grand-croix de chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1883). He was the first Comorian to receive this award. In 1890 he was recognized by France as Sultan of Anjouan.

literature

  • Jean-Louis Guebourg: La Grande Comore. Des sultans aux mercenaires. L'Harmattan 1994: 272. ISBN 2738422993
  • Iain Walker: Islands in a Cosmopolitan Sea: A History of the Comoros. Oxford University Press 2019. ISBN 0197507573 , 9780197507575

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean-Louis Guebourg: La Grande Comore. Des sultans aux mercenaires. L'Harmattan 1994: 272.
predecessor Office successor
Salim bin Abdalla Sultan of Anjouan
~ 1888-1892 		Saidi Mohamed bin Saidi Omar
personal data
SURNAME Saidi Omar bin Saidi Houssein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of Anjouan
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 1892