ZANZIBAR (Sultanate)

 
TITLE:  Sultan RELIGION:  Muslim
STATE:  Africa (Tanzania) DYNASTY:  Al-Said (Al-Busaid)
   
PRESENT RULER:  HM Sultan Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-Said, 11th Sultan of Zanzibar in 1963, Head of the Royal House of Zanzibar (1963/-)
born 16th September 1929 in Zanzibar, married 1stly 1955 (div. 1968), Sayyida Anisa bint Salim Al-Said, born 9th February 1938, daughter of Sayyid Salim bin Kindeh Al-Said of Oman, married 2ndly 1970, Zuleikha Abdullah al-Aufy, and has issue.
  • HRH Prince Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al-Said (by 1st wife)
  • HRH Prince Sayyid Khalifa bin Jamshid Al-Said (by 1st wife)
  • HRH Princess Sayyida Matuqa bint Jamshid Al-Said (by 1st wife)
  • HRH Prince Sayyid Abdullah bin Jamshid Al-Said (by 1st wife)
  • HRH Princess Sayyida Thureya bint Jamshid Al-Said (by 1st wife)
  • HRH Prince Sayyid Wasfi bin Jamshid Al-Said (by 2nd wife), born 15th February 1972, married 9th March 2000, Aysha bint Saif Al-Maani, born 23rd February 1978, and has issue, as well as adoptive issue.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Jamshid bin Wasfi Al-Said, born 12th June 2001 in Oman.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Hamza bin Wasfi Al-Said, born 20th August 2005.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sara bint Wasfi Al-Said (adopted daughter), born 12th January 2003.
  • HRH Princess Sayyida Adla bint Jamshid Al-Said (by 2nd wife)
  • HRH Prince Sayyid Gharib bin Jamshid Al-Said (by 2nd wife)
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Zanzibar is separated from Oman and Muscat on 6th April 1861, with the ruler being recognized as Sultan. Rulers were...
  1. HM Sultan Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid 1856/1870, born 1834/1835, son of HH Sultan Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Busaid of Oman and Muscat, married Azzah, and had issue. He died 7th October 1870 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Khanforah bint Majid Al-Busaid, married HM Sultan Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar and had issue (see below).

  2. HM Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid 1870/1888, born 1837, married Sayyida Moza bint Hamad Al-Busaid, died 1918, daughter of Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Busaid, Wali of Musnaah, and had issue. He died 26th March 1888 in Zanzibar.
    • HM Sultan Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash Al-Busaid (qv)
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Saif bin Barghash Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Nunu bint Barghash Al-Busaid, married HM Sultan Sayyid Hamad Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (see below).
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Aliyah bint Barghash Al-Busaid, married Sayyid Ali bin Salim Al-Said, born 1861, died after 1898, and had issue.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sharifah bint Barghash Al-Busaid, married 1892, Sayyid Fahad bin Turki Al-Said, died June 1894 in Muscat, and had issue.

  3. HM Sultan Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid [KHALIFAH I] 1888/1890, born 1852, married and had issue. He died 13th February 1890 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Muhammed bin Khalifa Al-Busaid, died 1906.

  4. HM Sultan Sayyid Ali bin Said Al-Busaid [ALI I] 1890/1893, born 1854, married and had issue. He died 5th March 1893.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Said bin Ali Al-Busaid, born 1893, married (amongst others), Sayyida Bashan bint Hamud Al-Busaid, daughter of HM Sultan Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar, and had issue (see below).
      • HH Prince Sayyid Muhammed bin Said Al-Said, born 1907 in Zanzibar, married 1stly, HH Princess Sayyida Asilah bint Thabit Al-Said, born 1917, daughter of Sayyid Thabit bin Abdullah Al-Said of Oman, married 2ndly 1941, HH Princess Sayyida Hakima bint Hamud Al-Said, born 1920, daughter of HH Prince Hamud bin Faisal Al-Said of Oman, and had issue, all by 2nd wife.
        • HH Prince Sayyid Faisal bin Muhammed Al-Said, born 1941.
        • HH Prince Sayyid Said bin Muhammed Al-Said
        • HH Prince Sayyid Fahad bin Muhammed Al-Said, born 1942.
        • HH Prince Sayyid Fahim bin Muhammed Al-Said
        • HH Princess Sayyida Fauza bint Muhammed Al-Said
        • HH Princess Sayyida Fatma bint Muhammed Al-Said, born 9th February 1948.
        • HH Prince Sayyid Fakhri bin Muhammed Al-Said (formerly HH Sayyid Faris bin Muhammed Al-Said).
        • HH Prince Sayyid Fuad bin Muhammed Al-Said (formerly HH Prince Sayyid Sultan bin Muhammed Al-Said).
        • HH Princess Sayyida Fardous bint Muhammed Al-Said 
      • HH Prince Sayyid Ali Manin bin Said Al-Said
      • HH Prince Sayyid Badr bin Said Al-Said, born 1911, married 1940, HH Princess Sayyida Sindya bint Abdullah Al-Said, born 1927, daughter of HM Sultan Aabdullah bin Khalifa Al-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, and had issue.
        • Sayyida Ghaliyah bint Badr Al-Said, born 1949, died 2nd May 1971 in Portsmouth, UK.
      • HH Prince Sayyid Khalifa bin Said Al-Said, born 19th June 1916 in Zanzibar, married 1stly, married 2ndly, 1940 HH Princess Sayyida Sughia bint Abdullah Al-Said, born 1925, daughter of HM Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, married 3rdly 1953 in London, Wei Ju Fan, born 30th August 1930 in Nanking, China and had issue. He died 1967.
        • Sayyid Samih bin Khalifa Al-Said, born 9th June 1938 in Zanzibar (by 1st wife).
        • Sayyid Taimur bin Khalifa Al-Said, born 13th April 1941 in Zanzibar (by 2nd wife).
        • Sayyida Kulthum bint Khalifa Al-Said (by 2nd wife).
        • Sayyid Manin bin Khalifa Al-Said (by 3rd wife), born 4th April 1953 in London.
        • Sayyid Hamoud bin Khalifa Al-Said (by 3rd wife), born 3rd July 1954 in London.
      • HH Princess Sayyida Hafsa bint Said Al-Said, born 11th November 1918 in Zanzibar.
      • HH Prince Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Said, born 1920 in Zanzibar, married 1stly, 1943 HH Princess Sayyida Mera bint Muhammed Al-Busaid, born 1922, daughter of Sayyid Muhammed bin Ali Al-Busaid of Oman, married 2ndly 1953, Sayyida Raya bint Said Al-Busaid, born 1921, daughter of Sayyid Said bin Khalid Al-Busaid of Zanzibar, and had issue (all by 1st wife).
        • Sayyida Meyan bint Majid Al-Said, 8th October 1944 in Zanzibar.
        • Sayyid Mundhir bin Majid Al-Said
        • Sayyid Muhammed bin Majid Al-Said
        • Sayyid Mubadr bin Majid Al-Said, born 13th December 1947.
        • Sayyida Masmuha bint Majid Al-Said, born 1949 in Zanzibar.
        • Sayyida Massara bint Majid Al-Said
      • HH Prince Sayyid Ahmad bin Said Al-Said, born 21st January 1926 in Zanzibar.
      • HH Prince Sayyid Abdalaziz bin Said Al-Said, born 4th October 1930 in Zanzibar.
      • HH Prince Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Said, born 19th July 1933 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Aliyah bint Ali Al-Said
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Nunu bint Ali Al-Said, married Sayyid Muhammed bin Hamad Al-Said of Oman.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Ghaliyah bint Ali Al-Said
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sharifah bint Ali Al-Said

  5. HM Sultan Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid 1893/1896, born 1857 in Muscat, son of HM Sultan Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, married 1stly, Sayyida Turkiyyah bint Turki Al-Busaid, daughter of HM Sultan Sayyid Turki bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, married 2ndly, Sayyida Nunu bint Barghash Al-Busaid, daughter of HM Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid of Zanzibar (see above). He died sp 25th August 1896 in Zanzibar.

  6. HM Sultan Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash Al-Busaid 1896, born 1874 in Zanzibar, married and had issue. He died 1927 in Mombasa.
    • Sayyid Barghash bin Khalid Al-Busaid, he died before 1954.
    • Sayyid Said bin Khalid Al-Busaid, married (amongst others) 2ndly, Sayyida Nezha bint Salim Al-Busaid, born 15th December 1916, daughter of Sayyid Salim bin Kindeh Al-Busaid of Oman, and had issue (by 1st wife).
      • Sayyida Maya bint Said Al-Busaid, born 1920, married Sayyid Salim bin Kindeh Al-Busaid of Oman, and had issue. 
      • Sayyida Raya bint Said Al-Busaid, born 1921, married 1953, Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (see above).
    • Sayyid Majid bin Khalid Al-Busaid 
    • Sayyid Nasir bin Khalid Al-Busaid 
    • Sayyid Ali bin Khalid Al-Busaid, born 1911.
    • Sayyid Ghalib bin Khalid Al-Busaid, born 15th September 1916, married and had issue. He died 2nd January 1951 in Dar-es-Salaam.
      • Sayyid Barghash bin Ghalib Al-Busaid, born 13th December 1947.
      • Sayyida Sharifa bint Ghalib Al-Busaid, born 1949.
    • Sayyid Qais bin Khalid Al-Busaid, born 1917, married Sayyida Nunu bint Said Al-Busaid, daughter of Sayyid Said bin Kindeh Al-Busaid of Oman, and had issue.
      • Sayyid Khalid bin Qais Al-Busaid, born 1936.
      • Sayyid Azzan bin Qais Al-Busaid, born 1938.
      • Sayyid Salim bin Qais Al-Busaid
    • Sayyida Koula bint Khalid Al-Busaid 

  7. HM Sultan Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid 1896/1902, born 1853, married HRH Princess Sayyida Khanforah bint Majid Al-Busaid, daughter of HM Sultan Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (see above), and had issue. He died 18th July 1902 in Zanzibar.
    • HM Sultan Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid [ALI II] (qv)
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Majid bin Hamud Al-Busaid, born in Zanzibar, died 1899 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Saud bin Hamud Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Taimur bin Hamud Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Faisal bin Hamud Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Muhammed bin Hamud Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Matuka bint Hamud Al-Busaid, married 1900 in Zanzibar, HM Sultan Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid [KHALIFA II], Sultan of Zanzibar (see below), and had issue. She died 2nd July 1940 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Bashan bint Hamud Al-Busaid, married HRH Prince Sayyid Said bin Ali Al-Busaid, born 1893, son of HM Sultan Ali bin Said Al-Busaid [ALI I], Sultan of Zanzibar (see above), and had issue.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Boran bint Hamud Al-Busaid 
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Hakima bint Hamud Al-Busaid 

  8. HM Sultan Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid [ALI II] 1902/1911 (deposed), born 7th June 1884 in Zanzibar, married 1902 in Chukwani, daughter of HH Sultan Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al-Busaid of Oman, and had issue. He died 20th December 1918 in Paris, buried there.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Saud bin Ali Al-Busaid, born 18th August 1907 in Zanzibar, married and had issue.
      • Sayyid Ali bin Saud Al-Busaid
      • Sayyid Hamud bin Saud Al-Busaid, born 18th October 1947.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Farid bin Ali Al-Busaid, born 13th September 1908 in Zanzibar, married and had issue.
      • Sayyida Aliyah bint Farid Al-Busaid, born 13th September 1933, married 1947, Sayyid Ahmad bin Thabit Al-Busaid, born 1919, son of Sayyid Thabit bin Abdullah Al-Busaid of Oman, and has issue.
      • Sayyid Ali bin Farid Al-Busaid, born 14th November 1934.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Zeana bint Ali, married Sayyid Muhammed bin Ali of Oman, born 1894, died 1923, and had issue.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Tohfa bint Ali Al-Busaid, married 1924, HM Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (see below), and had issue. 

  9. HM Sultan Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid [KHALIFAH II] 1911/1960, born 26th August 1879 in Muscat, son of Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid of Oman, K.C.M.G. (Hons.) [cr.1914], K.B.E. (Hon. Civil) [cr.1919], married  1stly 1900, Sayyida Nunu bint Hamud Al-Busaid, died 2nd July 1940 in Zanzibar, daughter of Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid (see above), married 2ndly Nunu bint Ahmad, and had issue. He died 9th October 1960 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Thuwaini bin Khalifa Al-Busaid, died 1906 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Abdalwahhab bin Khalifa Al-Busaid, died 1912 in Zanzibar.
    • HM Sultan Sayyid Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Busaid (qv)

  10. HM Sultan Sayyid Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Busaid 1960/1963, born 12th February 1910 in Zanzibar, married 1924 in Zanzibar, Sayyida Tohfa bint Ali Al-Busaid, daughter of HM Sultan Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid [ALI II] (see above), and had issue. He died 1st July 1963 in Zanzibar.
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sughia bint Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 1925 in Zanzibar, married 1940, (as his second wife), Sayyid Khalifa bin Said, born 19th June 1916, died 1967, and had issue (see above).
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sindya bint Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 1927, married 1940, Sayyid Badr bin Said, born 1911, and had issue (see above).
    • HM Sultan Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-Said (qv)
    • HRH Princess Sayyida Sharifa bint Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 1931 in Zanzibar, married 1948 in Zanzibar, (as his second wife), HH Prince Sayyid Saif bin Hamud Al-Said, born 27th November 1916 in Muscat, died April 1971, son of HH Prince Sayyid Hamud bin Faisal Al-Said of Oman, and has issue.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Muhammed bin Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 2nd March 1933 in Zanzibar, married 1stly, (no issue), married 2ndly, (three children), married 3rdly, Aysha Ali Al-Bakry, and had issue, four children). He died 26th September 1993.
      • HRH Prince Sayyid Abdullah Muhammed Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 26th November 1975 in Saudi Arabia.
      • HRH Prince Sayyid Khalifa Muhammed Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 9th November 1979 in Saudi Arabia.
      • HRH Prince Sayyid Ali Muhammed Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 12th December 1980 in Oman, married and has issue.
        • HH Prince Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al-Busaid
      • HRH Princess Sayyida Khadija Muhammed Abdullah Al-Busaid, born 19th July 1983 in Oman.
    • HRH Prince Sayyid Harub bin Abdullah Al-Busaid, 5th May 1936 in Zanzibar, married 1954 in  Zanzibar, HH Princess Sayyida Shuruk bint Saif al-Said, born 16th May 1939 in Muscat, daughter of HH Prince Sayyid Saif bin Hamud al-Said, born 27th November 1916 in Muscat, died April 1971, and has issue.

  11. HM Sultan Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-Said (see above)
 
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