Burial Makusurani Cemetery Grandparents Sultan bin Ahmad Died October 7, 1870, Zanzibar | Name Majid Said Mother Sara | |
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Reign 19 October 1856 – 7 October 1870 Predecessor title created (Said bin Sultan Sultan of Oman) Issue Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid Al Said Father Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Parents Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Successor Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar Great-grandparents Ahmed bin Saeed Al Busaidi Similar Khalifah bin Said of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar | ||
Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaidi (1834 – October 7, 1870) (Arabic: ماجد بن سعيد البوسعيد) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from October 19, 1856 to October 7, 1870.
Majid became Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman on the death of his father, Sayyid Said bin Sultan, but his accession was contested. Following the struggle over the accession to the position of Sultan of Oman, Zanzibar and Oman were divided into two separate principalities, with Majid ruling Zanzibar and his older brother Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Busaid ruling Oman.
His marriage only produced one daughter, Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid (who married her cousin, the seventh Sultan). Consequently, Majid was succeeded as sultan by his brother Sayyid Barghash.
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