Name: Unguja
Address: Unguja, East Africa & Swahili coast

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Ali bin Said of Zanzibar

Ali bin Said al-Busaidi (1854–1893), fourth Sultan of Zanzibar of the Al Bu Said dynasty, reigned from 13 February 1890 until his death on 5 March 1893. In his reign the East African coast was divided between Britain and Germany, Zanzibar accepted the British protectorate, he sold the Tanganyika coastal strip to Germany, leased the Benadir ports to Italy, and gave the sultanate its first constitution in 1891.

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