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Sayyid
Sayyid

Sayyid is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatima Zahra and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib....
 Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1834 - October 7, 1870) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from October 19, 1856 to October 7, 1870.

Majid became Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman on the death of his father, Sayyid Said bin Sultan
Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Said was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from November 20, 1804 to June 4, 1856. He became joint ruler of the country along with his brother Salim on the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in 1804....
, but his accession was contested. Following the struggle over the accession to the position of Sultan of Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
, Zanzibar and Oman were divided into two separate principalities, with Majid ruling Zanzibar and his older brother Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Busaid
Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Said also called Tueni, Sultan of Muscat and Oman , was the third son of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman....
  ruling Oman.

His marriage only produced one daughter, Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid (who married her cousin
Cousin couple

A cousin couple is a pair of cousins who are involved in a romantic love or sexual relationship. In some jurisdictions and cultures, cousins are Prohibited degree of kinship each other due to being incestuous....
, the seventh Sultan).






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Sayyid
Sayyid

Sayyid is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatima Zahra and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib....
 Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1834 - October 7, 1870) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from October 19, 1856 to October 7, 1870.

Majid became Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman on the death of his father, Sayyid Said bin Sultan
Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Said was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from November 20, 1804 to June 4, 1856. He became joint ruler of the country along with his brother Salim on the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in 1804....
, but his accession was contested. Following the struggle over the accession to the position of Sultan of Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
, Zanzibar and Oman were divided into two separate principalities, with Majid ruling Zanzibar and his older brother Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Busaid
Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Said also called Tueni, Sultan of Muscat and Oman , was the third son of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman....
  ruling Oman.

His marriage only produced one daughter, Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid (who married her cousin
Cousin couple

A cousin couple is a pair of cousins who are involved in a romantic love or sexual relationship. In some jurisdictions and cultures, cousins are Prohibited degree of kinship each other due to being incestuous....
, the seventh Sultan). Consequently, Majid was succeeded as sultan by his brother Barghash.

His reign was infamous in that he consolidated his power around the East African slave trade. His descendants would later follow this practice. Barghash bin Said claimed to halt the slave trade, but he continued this until the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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 gained protectorate over the colony.