Alawi bin Husain (died 1816) was the

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of and on

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 ...

island (in the

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) from 1796 to his death in 1816. He was succeeded by his son Abdallah bin Alawi.

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18th-century births 1816 deaths Year of birth missing Sultans of Anjouan 19th-century monarchs in Africa {{Africa-royal-stub