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Khalid bin Barghash

1874–1927 · 20th century

Khalid bin Barghash was a son of Sultan Barghash who seized the palace in Zanzibar on the death of Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini in August 1896 without British approval. On 27 August British warships bombarded the palace in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which lasted less than an hour. Khalid fled to German East Africa, was captured by the British in 1917 and died in Mombasa.

Khalid bin Barghash
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Sultanate of ZanzibarMilitary, Decline

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Khalid bin Barghash. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/khalid-bin-barghash
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