Sultanate of Zanzibar (independent)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar_(independent)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical sovereign state
gptkbp:Anglo-Zanzibar_WarDate 27 August 1896
gptkbp:Anglo-Zanzibar_WarDuration 38 minutes
gptkbp:area approximately 1,554 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Zanzibar_City
gptkbp:colonialStatus gptkb:British_protectorate_(1890–1963)
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Zanzibari_rupee
gptkb:Zanzibari_ryal
gptkb:East_African_shilling
gptkbp:endDate 1964
gptkbp:established 1856
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:Indians
gptkb:Africans
Swahili
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:King
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sultanate of Zanzibar (independent)
gptkbp:independenceDate 10 December 1963
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Jamshid_bin_Abdullah
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:King
gptkbp:locatedIn East Africa
gptkbp:mainIslands gptkb:Unguja
Pemba
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Zanzibar_War
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
English
Swahili
gptkbp:overthrownBy gptkb:Zanzibar_Revolution
12 January 1964
gptkbp:populationEstimate about 300,000 (1963)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Omani_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:People's_Republic_of_Zanzibar
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zanzibar_(protectorate)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6