Sayyid ''Sayyid'' is an honorific title of Hasanid and Husaynid lineage, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn. The title may also refer ...

Ali bin Said al-Busaidi,

GCSI The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, GCSI) # K ...

, (c. 1854 – March 5, 1893) () was the fourth

Sultan of Zanzibar The sultans of Zanzibar (; ) were the rulers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which was created on 19 October 1856 after the death of Said bin Sultan. He had ruled Oman and Zanzibar as the sultan of Oman since 1804. The sultans of Zanzibar were of ...

. He ruled

Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...

from February 13, 1890, to March 5, 1893. In June 1890 he was forced to accept a British protectorate over his dominions.Provisional agreement concluded between the Sultan of Zanzibar and Her Britannic Majesty's Agent and ConsulGeneral (subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government), respecting the British Protectorate of the Sultan's dominions, Succession to the Throne of Zanzibar, Zanzibar 14th June, 1890
in Map of Africa by Treaty, Vol. I. Nos. 1 to 94. BRITISH COLONIES, PROTECTORATES AND POSSESSIONS IN AFRICA (online via archive.org) He was succeeded by his nephew, Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid.

Honours

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments ...

(GCSI)-1890

References

1850s births 1893 deaths Al Said dynasty Ali bin Said Honorary Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Zanzibari royalty 19th-century Arab people 19th-century Omani people Sons of Omani sultans {{Africa-royal-stub