Life
In 1870 his elder brother and predecessor Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said had him imprisoned for the (alleged) entanglement in a coup attempt. According to their sister Emily Ruete, Barghash did not release Khalifah before one of their sisters prepared to set out for a pilgrimage for Mecca, and "he did not want to bring down upon himself a curse pronounced in the Holy City of the Prophet. But his sister did not pardon him before he had set free the innocent Chalîfe." Emily Ruete wrote in 1886: According to Ruete, Barghash continued to spy on Khalifah and his friends. She notes one instance where Barghash apparently willfully ruined a wealthy chief and friend of Khalifah, so that Khalifah would be deprived of support from rich chiefs. He became Sultan upon the sudden death of his brother during the protracted negotiations with the German East Africa Company. Unlike his brother, he gave in to lease the Tanzania Mainland, Tanganyika coast of mainland East Africa to the Germans, which immediately led to the Abushiri Revolt. Sayyid Khalifa I was appointed an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the United Kingdom's Order of St Michael and St George, Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George on 18 December 1889.Honours
*Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)-1888Footnotes
References
*Ruete, Emily, Ulrich Haarmann (Editor), E. Van Donzel (Editor), Leiden, Netherlands, (1992): ''An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds: Memoirs, Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs, Syrian Customs and Usages.'' {{authority control Al Said dynasty 1852 births 1890 deaths Sultans of Zanzibar, Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Zanzibari royalty 19th-century Arabs 19th-century Omani people