Majid bin Said of Zanzibar

Majid bin Said ماجد بن سعيد  (Arabic)
Painting by unknown c.1859
Sultan of Zanzibar
Reign	19 October 1856 – 7 October 1870
Predecessor	First Sultan
Successor	Barghash bin Said
Born	c. 1834 Unguja
Died	7 October 1870(1870-10-07) (aged 35–36) Zanzibar (Unguja)
Burial	Makusurani Cemetery
Consort
Issue
Names Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid
House	Al Busaid
Father	Said bin Sultan
Mother	Sara
Religion	Ibadi Islam

Majid bin Said al-Busaidi (Arabic: ماجد بن سعيد البوسعيد‎) (c. 1834 – (1870-10-07)7 October 1870) was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from 19 October 1856 to 7 October 1870.^{[citation needed]}

Life[]

Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid was born on 1834 in Zanzibar to Said bin Sultan and an Ethiopian mother.^[1]

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 Thuwaini ruling Oman.

His marriage only produced one daughter, Sayyida Khanfora bint Majid (who married her cousin, Hamoud bin Mohammed). Consequently, Majid was succeeded as Sultan by his brother Barghash. Majid's grandson Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid later became the 8th Sultan of Zanzibar, while his great-grandson Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Said was the 10th Sultan.

In 1866, he purchased the former Confederate commerce raider CSS Shenandoah and renamed her El Majidi after himself.^[2]

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