Zanzibar in contemporary times; a short history of the southern East in the nineteenth century.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Negro Universities Press [1969]Description: xii, 328 pages illustrations, 2 maps, portraits 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0837111765
  • 9780837111766
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Zanzibar in contemporary times.DDC classification:
  • 916.78/1
LOC classification:
  • DT434.Z3 L9 1969
Other classification:
  • 15.80
Contents:
First appearance of the English -- Ancient records -- The Portugueses -- The Imaums of Oman -- Seyyid Said Bin Sultan -- Seyyid Said: subjugation of Mombasa -- Seyyid Said -- Rise of Zanzibar -- The slave traffic across the western ocean -- Seyyid Majid -- Rebellion in Zanzibar -- Separation from Oman -- Seyyid Majid: the slave trade of Zanzibar and Arabia -- Zanzibar under Seyyid Maujid -- Seyyid Barghash: Frere's mission -- Seyyid Barghash -- Visit to England -- Revival of the slave trade -- Lieutenant Mathews -- Seyyid Barshash: the death of Captain Brownrigg and its results -- Seyyid Barghash: the German surprise of 1885 -- Seyyid Barghash -- Delimination -- Portugueses aggression -- Seyyid Khalifa -- Risings in the German sphere -- The blockade -- Witu and the British coast: Mbaruk rebellions -- The end of slavery -- Organisation of Zanzibar government -- The bombardment -- Missions -- The people -- The plantations -- The climate -- Appendix. Rulers of Zanzibar -- Meteorology -- Finance -- Commerce -- Customs duties -- Shipping -- Soils.
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STACKS DT434.Z3 L9 1969 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V. Copy 1 Available 197010734

Reprint of the 1905 ed.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-320).

First appearance of the English -- Ancient records -- The Portugueses -- The Imaums of Oman -- Seyyid Said Bin Sultan -- Seyyid Said: subjugation of Mombasa -- Seyyid Said -- Rise of Zanzibar -- The slave traffic across the western ocean -- Seyyid Majid -- Rebellion in Zanzibar -- Separation from Oman -- Seyyid Majid: the slave trade of Zanzibar and Arabia -- Zanzibar under Seyyid Maujid -- Seyyid Barghash: Frere's mission -- Seyyid Barghash -- Visit to England -- Revival of the slave trade -- Lieutenant Mathews -- Seyyid Barshash: the death of Captain Brownrigg and its results -- Seyyid Barghash: the German surprise of 1885 -- Seyyid Barghash -- Delimination -- Portugueses aggression -- Seyyid Khalifa -- Risings in the German sphere -- The blockade -- Witu and the British coast: Mbaruk rebellions -- The end of slavery -- Organisation of Zanzibar government -- The bombardment -- Missions -- The people -- The plantations -- The climate -- Appendix. Rulers of Zanzibar -- Meteorology -- Finance -- Commerce -- Customs duties -- Shipping -- Soils.