The Sultanate of Bambao was a state on the island of
Grande Comore
Grande Comore (; ) is an island in Comoros off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population is about 316,600. The island's capital is Moroni, which i ...
.
Its capital was the town of
Iconi. In 1886,
Sultan
Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be use ...
Said Ali bin Said Omar of
Anjouan
Anjouan () is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Comoros, Union of the Comoros. It is known in Comorian languages, Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until the early twentie ...
united the
sultanates of Grand Comore into the state of
Ngazidja.
References
World Statesmen.org
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States and territories disestablished in 1886
Former countries in Africa
Sultanates on the Comoros