Cover of The First Sultan of Zanzibar

The First Sultan of Zanzibar

by Beatrice Nicolini

2012 179 pages eng

Since time immemorial, spice and aromatics formed the first and foremost items of commerce in the Indian Ocean. In Oman, Saiyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id (r. 1806-1856) – often described by the available historiography as a revolutionary merchant-prince of Muscat and Zanzibar – developed and expa…

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