Sayyid ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamm ...

Ali bin Hamud al-Busaidi (7 June 1884 – 20 December 1918; ar, علي بن حمود البوسعيد), also known as Ali II, was the eighth

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

from 1902 to 1911.

Biography

Ali 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.

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1884 births 1918 deaths Al Said dynasty Monarchs who abdicated

Ali bin Hamud Sayyid Ali bin Hamud al-Busaidi (7 June 1884 – 20 December 1918; ar, علي بن حمود البوسعيد), also known as Ali II, was the eighth Sultan of Zanzibar The sultans of Zanzibar ( ar, سلاطين زنجبار) were the rulers of ...

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