Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said جمشيد بن عبد الله
Sultan of Zanzibar
Reign	July 1, 1963 – January 12, 1964
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Khalifa
Successor	Abeid Karume (as President of Zanzibar)
Born	16 September 1929 Unguja, Zanzibar
Spouse	Sayyida Anisa bint Salim Al Saidiyah Zuleika bin Abdullah Al Aufy
Issue	Prince Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al Said Sayyida Matuka bint Jamshid Al Said Sayyid Khalifa bin Jamshid 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	Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Said
Mother	Sayyida Tohfa bint Ali Al Said
Religion	Islam

Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said GCMG, (Arabic: جمشيد بن عبد الله‎) (born 16 September 1929 in Unguja) was the last Sultan of Zanzibar. He 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 and then to the United Kingdom, where, as of 2012, he continues to live in Portsmouth^[1] as the Head of the Zanzibari Royal Family and as the Sovereign of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar and the Most Illustrious Order of Independence of Zanzibar. Secondly, he is married to Zuleika bin Abdullah Al Aufy.^[2]

Jamshid has seven children:

• Prince Sayyid Ali bin Jamshid Al Said (1956-)
• Sayyida Matuka bint Jamshid Al Said (1957-)
• Sayyid Khalifa bin Jamshid Said (196?)
• Sayyid Abdullah bin Jamshid Al Said (1962-)
• Sayyida Wasfi bint Jamshid Al Said (1972-)
• Sayyida Adla bint Jamshid Al Said (1973-)
• Sayyid Gharib bin Jamshid Al Said (1975-).

Titles

• 1929-1 July 1963: Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said.
• 1 July-9 December 1963: His Highness Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah, Sultan of Zanzibar.
• 9 December 1963 – 12 January 1964 His Majesty Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG, Sultan of Zanzibar.
• 12 January 1964 – present: His Majesty Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said, GCMG, Titular Sultan of Zanzibar; head of the Zanzibari Royal Family (Al Said Dynasty).

Honours^[3]

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.^[4]

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. Mohammed 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

1. The Guardian
2. Royal Ark
3. Royal Ark
4. 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

External links

• The Official Website of the Zanzibar Royal Family http://www.zanzibarroyalfamily.org