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Majid bin Said of Zanzibar

1834 - 1870

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Sayyid Majid bin Saïd 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. He succeeded his father Said bin Sultan as ruler of Zanzibar and East Africa, and briefly (claimed) Oman following Said’s death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Majid bin Said of Zanzibar has received more than 159,633 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Majid bin Said of Zanzibar is the 11,244th most popular politician (down from 10,042nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 10th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar ranks 11,244 out of 15,577Before him are Hiempsal I, Võ Văn Kiệt, Beatrice of England, Nicolò Marcello, Hernán Siles Zuazo, and Erik Eriksen. After him are Henry Pottinger, William Fermor, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Oleksandr Moroz, Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, and Chung Hong-won.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar ranks 52Before him are Serafino Vannutelli, Adolf Lüderitz, Piet Joubert, Miguel Grau Seminario, Paul Kummer, and Adolph Frank. After him are Albert Niemann, Petter Adolf Karsten, Georg Hermann Quincke, Peter Benoit, Grigoriy Myasoyedov, and Julius Reubke. Among people deceased in 1870, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar ranks 38Before him are Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Victor de Broglie, Imre Frivaldszky, Alexei Lvov, and Princess Amalie of Saxony. After him are Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, James Young Simpson, Pieter Bleeker, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Johann Heinrich Blasius.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar ranks 12 out of 32Before him are Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), John Magufuli (1959), and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929). After him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Polycarp Pengo (1944), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Marin Hinkle (1966), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), and Rashidi Kawawa (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar ranks 10Before him are Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), John Magufuli (1959), and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929). After him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Amani Abeid Karume (1948).