Abdullah bin Khalifa of Zanzibar


Sayyid Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Said, KBE, CMG was the 10th Sultan of Zanzibar after the death of his father, Khalifa bin Harub, who died on 9 October 1960 at age eighty-one. He was less popular than his father and had a rough reign as Sultan, as at the time of his death both his legs were amputated.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy had Galt & Bro, a Washington D.C. based jeweler, make a gold plaque as a gift for the Sultan, however it was never picked up from the jeweler following the President's 1963 assassination.
He ruled Zanzibar from October 9, 1960, to July 1, 1963. On his death, he was succeeded as Sultan by his son Jamshid.

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