Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar

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Hamoud bin Mohammed حمود بن محمد  (Arabic)
Sultan of Zanzibar
Reign	August 27th 1896 - July 18th 1902
Predecessor	Khalid bin Barghash
Successor	Ali bin Hamud
Born	c. 1853
Died	18 July 1902(1902-07-18) (aged 48–49)

Sayyid Hamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said, GCSI, (1853 – 18 July 1902) (ruled 27 August 1896 - 18 July 1902) (Arabic: حمود بن محمد‎) was the British-controlled Omani sultan of the protectorate of Zanzibar, who outlawed slavery on the island.^{[citation needed]}

Portrait on a Zanzibar 1899 issue stamp

Hamoud became sultan with the support of the British consul, Sir Basil Cave, upon the death of Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini. Before he could enter the palace, another potential contender for the throne, Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash, seized the palace and declared himself sultan. The British responded the next day, 26 August 1896, by issuing an ultimatum to Khalid and his entourage to evacuate the palace by 9:00 am on 27 August. When he refused, Royal Navy warships fired on the palace and other strategic locations in the city, causing Khalid and his group to flee. According to the Guinness Book of World Records the resultant Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in history, and the same day Hamoud was able to assume the title of sultan, more indebted to the British than ever.^{[citation needed]}

Hamoud demanded that slavery be abolished in Zanzibar and that all the slaves be manumitted.

By his wife Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid Al-Busaid (daughter of the first Sultan of Zanzibar) he had ten children:

• Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid, 8th Sultan of Zanzibar
• Sayyid Majid bin Hamud Al-Busaid
• Sayyid Saud bin Hamud Al-Busaid
• Sayyid Taimur bin Hamud Al-Busaid
• Sayyid Faisal bin Hamud Al-Busaid
• Sayyid Muhammed bin Hamud Al-Busaid
• Sayyida Matuka bint Hamud Al-Busaid (who married Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, 9th Sultan of Zanzibar)
• Sayyida Boran bint Hamud Al-Busaid (who married Sayyid Said bin Ali, the son of the fourth Sultan of Zanzibar)
• Sayyida Mishan bint Hamud Al-Busaid (twin with Boran)
• Sayyida Hakima bint Hamud Al-Busaid

On his death in 1902 he was succeeded by his oldest son, Sayyid Ali bin Hamud.^{[citation needed]}

Honours[]

• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) – 1894^{[citation needed]}

References[]

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