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First posted on September 25th 2007, last revised on February 6th 2009







Zanzibar since 1964

Zanzibar 1939-1964
Zanzibar 1918-1939
Zanzibar 1886-1918

Zanzibar 1815-1886
Zanzibar before 1815

see also History of the Swahili Coast

Historical atlas, Zanzibar Page .. Tanzania Page .. British East Africa Page








WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from BBC Country Profiles
Article : Zanzibar, from Wikipedia
Links, General Category : Zanzibar, from Wikipedia
Links, on History Category : History of Zanzibar, from Wikipedia
Organizations Zanzibar Department of Archives, Museums and Antiquities
Timelines Search Google News Archive for Zanzibar, click Timeline
Accounts of History Article : History of Zanzibar, from Wikipedia
History of Zanzibar, from Zanzinet
Politics Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, from Wikipedia
Military Orders, Decorations and Medals : Zanzibar, from Jean Paul le Blanc
Article : Abushiri Revolt, Anglo-Zanzibar War, Zanzibar Revolution, from Wikipedia
Economy & Finances Entry Zanzibar - see Tanzania, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor
Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Tanzania (on Zanzibar)
Muscat : Island of Zanzibar, pp.367-368 in vol.3 of E. Flagg, Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations, 1857, GB
Ethnography
Religion
History of Cities History, from Stone Town.org
Institutions Structurae : Zanzibar City; search Lighthouse Explorer for Zanzibar
Zanzibar Revolutionary Government : Zanzibar Port Corporation, from Seaport Homestead
Biographies
Bibliographies Search ISBN Database for Zanzibar
Zanzibar, from The Online Books Page
RHS Bibliography, search for Zanzibar; Search UK National Archive Online Library for Zanzibar
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Sansibar, Zanzibar (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel); scroll down for Zanzibar
Regnal Chronologies : Eastern Africa, scroll down for Zanzibar
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer), scroll down for Pemba N, S, Zanzibar N, W, S
Election Results from African Elections Database, since 1957
Online Newspapers
Document Collections Search Hansard for Zanzibar
Search Papers Past for Zanzibar (New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920)
Zanzibar, pp.1289- in vol.12 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1974, GB
Historical Maps collections
Zanzibar, Modern
Zanzibar, Contemporary Dalrymple, Plan of the island of Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa from a french ms. 1784, Gallica
A. Bertrand, Plan de Zanzibar, 1846, Gallica
R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique ŕ l'échelle de 1:2 000 000 42. Zanzibar 1885, 42. Zanzibar 1892, Gallica
Zanzibar 1905, GeoGreif
Zanzibar 1906, 1907, 1932, Probert Encyclopedia
Deutsch-Ostafrika 1912, Deutsch-Ostafrika 1919, from Deutsche Schutzgebiete
Völkerkarte Deutsch-Ostafrika n.d., GeoGreif
Verwaltungs- und Verkehrskarte Deutsch-Ostafrika n.d., GeoGreif
Encyclopedia Entries Article : Zanzibar, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907
Articles Zanzibar (city), Zanzibar (Sultanate), Pemba, from EB 1911
Article Sansibar, in Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Article Zanzibar, Suaheli Kysten, Pemba, Mombas, Quilon, from Geografisk-Statistisk Haandbog 1858-1863, in Danish
Zanzibar Protectorate p.324 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Memoirs Zanzibar and East Africa 1893, pp.279-350 in vol.1 of R. Rodd, Social and Diplomatic Memories 1922, IA
Archives, Musea, Libraries The Zanzibar Museum, from Zanzibar Web
The Palace Museum, from Zanzibar Web
Zanzibar National Archives
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; pre-1890 flag, from FOTW
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Zanzibar, from World Currency Museum; from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Coin Catalogue of Zanzibar, from Numismaticon
Coins of Zanzibar, from Coins of the World; Search Coin Archives for Zanzibar
Stamps Rare Zanzibar Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Zanzibar Stamps 1895-1926, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Others License Plates, from License Plates around the World

BIBLIOGRAPHY
On Tanzania
On Zanzibar Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar. Emily Ruete born Sayyida, Princess of Zanzibar and Oman, Princeton (1888) : Markus Wiener 2000 [G]; 1888 English edition online at Internet Archive
Robert Nunez Lyne, Zanzibar in Contemporary Times (1905), NY : Negro Universities Press 1969 [G]
R.F. Burton, Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast (1872), posted on Internet Archive
F.B. Pearce, Zanzibar : the island metropolis of eastern Africa (1920), posted on Internet Archive
E. Younghusband, Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar (1910), posted on Internet Archive
G. Dale, The peoples of Zanzibar, their customs and religious beliefs (1920), posted on Internet Archive
Economic History South Africa, Department of Mines and Industries, Report on trade conditions in British East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar (1919), posted on Internet Archive
H.A. Fraser, The East African slave trade, and the measures proposed for its extinction : as viewed by residents in Zanzibar (1871), posted on Internet Archive
G.L. Sulivan, Dhow chasing in Zanzibar waters and on the eastern coast of Africa. Narrative of five years' experiences in the suppression of the slave trade (1873), posted on Internet Archive
Social History A. Imbert, Le droit abadhite chez les Musulmans de Zanzibar & de l'Afrique orientale (1903) in French, posted on Internet Archive
H.A. Fraser, The East African slave trade, and the measures proposed for its extinction : as viewed by residents in Zanzibar (1871), posted on Internet Archive
G.L. Sulivan, Dhow chasing in Zanzibar waters and on the eastern coast of Africa. Narrative of five years' experiences in the suppression of the slave trade (1873), posted on Internet Archive
Culture A. Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language, as Spoken at Zanzibar (1890), posted on Internet Archive
Sources B. Moritz, Sammlung arabischer Schriftstücke aus Zanzibar und Oman (1892) in German, posted on Internet Archive
Historical Dictionaries Laura S. Kurtz, Historical Dictionary of Tanzania, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1978 [G]