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Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar

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Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar
Sultan of Zanzibar
Reign20 July 1902–9 December 1911
PredecessorHamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said
SuccessorSir Khalifa bin Harub Al-Said
Born7 June 1884
Died20 December 1918 (aged 34)[1]
Paris, France[1]
FatherHamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said

Sayyid Ali bin Hamud al-Busaidi (7 June 1884 – 20 December 1918; Arabic: علي بن حمود البوسعيد), also known as Ali II, was the eighth Sultan of Zanzibar from 1902 to 1911.[1]

Biography

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Hamud was proclaimed Sultan of Zanzibar on 20 July 1902, following the death of his father, the seventh Sultan, two days earlier. There was a regency until he attained majority.

He served only a few years as sultan because of illness. On 9 December 1911 he abdicated in favour of his brother-in-law Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid.[1]

During his reign, slavery in Zanzibar was fully abolished with the abolition of concubinage in 1909.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kemal H. Karpat (2001). The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State. Oxford University Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-19-028576-0.
  2. ^ The End of Slavery in Africa. (1988). USA: University of Wisconsin Press. 23
Preceded by Sultan of Zanzibar
1902–1911
Succeeded by