Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
	Sultan Jamshid in 1963
Sultan of Zanzibar
Reign	1 July 1963 – 12 January 1964
Predecessor	Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa
Successor	Abeid Karume (as President of Zanzibar)
Born	16 September 1929; Unguja, Zanzibar
Spouse	Sayyida Anisa bint Salim Al Said; Zuleika bint Abdullah Al Aufy
Issue	Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al Said; Sayyida Matuka bint Jamshid Al Said; Sayyid Khalifa bin Jamshid Al Said; Sayyid Abdullah bin Jamshid Al Said; Sayyid Wasfi bin Jamshid Al Said; Sayyida Adla bint Jamshid Al Said; Sayyid Gharib bin Jamshid Al Said
House	House of Al Said
Father	Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Said
Mother	Sayyida Tohfa bint Ali Al Said

Sir Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG (Arabic: جمشيد بن عبد الله‎; born 16 September 1929),[1][2] is a Zanzibari royal who was the last reigning Sultan of Zanzibar before being deposed in the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution.

Biography

Jamshid ruled Zanzibar from 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1964. On 10 December 1963, Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy under Jamshid. This state of affairs was short lived and he was overthrown by the Zanzibar Revolution.

He fled into exile firstly to Oman but was not allowed to settle permanently.[3] He later moved to the United Kingdom, settling in Portsmouth[4] with his wife and children.[5]

While his children and siblings all settled to Oman in the 1980s, the Omani government continually denied Jamshid's requests to join them citing security reasons. Their stance changed in September 2020 when after over 50 years in the United Kingdom, Jamshid's request to live in Oman was granted by the government of the new Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tarik,[6] to return to his ancestral land as a member of the Al-Said royal family only rather than a titular Sultan.

Titles

16 September 1929 – 1 July 1963: Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said.
1 July – 9 December 1963: His Highness Sultan Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah, Sultan of Zanzibar.
9 December 1963 – 12 January 1964: His Majesty Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG, Sultan of Zanzibar.
12 January 1964 – 16 September 2020: His Majesty Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG, Titular Sultan of Zanzibar.
16 September 2020 – present: Janaab Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG.

Honours

National Honours

Sovereign of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Durri al-Zanzibari) since 1 July 1963 (1st class on 30 March 1960).
Founder and Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Independence of Zanzibar (Wissam al-Istiqlal) in five classes on 9 November 1963.

Foreign Honours

Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) on 29 December 1963.[7]
Knight Grand Collar of the Royal Order of the Drum (Rwanda).[8]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

16. Thuwaini bin Said

8. Harub bin Thuwaini Al Said

17. Ghaliya bint Salim Al Busaidi

4. Khalifa bin Harub Al Said

18. Turki bin Said

9. Turkiya bint Turki Al Said

19. A daughter of Hamad bin Salim Al Busaidi

2. Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Said

20. Mohammed bin Said Al Said (= 24)

10. Hamud bin Mohammed Al Said (= 12)

21. Ziana bint Mohammed Al Said (= 25)

5. Matuka bint Hamud Al Said

1. Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said

24. Shamrez bin Said Al Said (= 20)

12. Hamud bin Mohammed Al Said (= 10)

25. Ziana bint Mohammed Al Said (= 21)

6. Ali bin Hamud Al Said

3. Tohfa bint Ali Al Said

References

Profile of Jamshid bin Abdullah
Rulers
Bakari, Mohammed Ali (2001). The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition. GIGA-Hamburg. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-928049-71-9. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
The Guardian
"Royals in exile: In Britain, heirs to the thrones". The Independent. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Zanzibar’s former sultan arrives in Oman for retirement
Galloway, Peter, The Order of St. Michael and St. George. Published by Third Millennium Publishing for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, U.K. (2000). ISBN 0953696952
Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda

Regnal titles
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar House of Al Said Born: 16 September, 1929
Preceded by Abdullah bin Khalifa	Sultan of Zanzibar 1 July 1963 – 12 January 1964	Sultanate abolished Abeid Karume as President of Zanzibar
New title	— TITULAR — Sultan of Zanzibar 12 January 1964 – present Reason for succession failure: Sultan government abolished in 1964	Incumbent Heir: Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al Said

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[1] Profile of Jamshid bin Abdullah

[2] Rulers

[3] Bakari, Mohammed Ali (2001). The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition. GIGA-Hamburg. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-928049-71-9. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[4] The Guardian

[5] "Royals in exile: In Britain, heirs to the thrones". The Independent. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[6] Zanzibar’s former sultan arrives in Oman for retirement

[7] Galloway, Peter, The Order of St. Michael and St. George. Published by Third Millennium Publishing for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, U.K. (2000). ISBN 0953696952

[8] Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda