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Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, 9th Sultan of Zanzibar


Sayyid Khalifa II bin Harub Al-Said (August 26, 1879 – October 9, 1960) (Arabic: خليفة بن حارب البوسعيد‎‎) was the ninth Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from December 9, 1911 to October 9, 1960.

In 1900, he married Sayyida Matuka bint Hamud Al-Busaid, daughter of the seventh Sultan of Zanzibar and sister of the eighth Sultan. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Sayyid Abdullah bin Khalifa.

Part of the museum of the Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar is dedicated to Khalifa.



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