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Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1888-1890)

Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1888-1890)

Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, (or Chalîfe) (1852- February 13, 1890) (Arabic: خليفة بن سعيد البوسعيد‎) was the third Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from March 26, 1888 to February 13, 1890 and was succeeded by his brother, Ali bin Said.

Sayyid Khalifa I was appointed an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the United Kingdom's Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George on 18 December 1889.