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Abushiri revolt

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The Abushiri revolt was an insurrection in 1888–1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the East African coast which were granted (under protest) to Germany by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888. [1]

40 relations: Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi, Arab slave trade, Arabs, Askari, Bagamoyo, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Berlin, Carl Peters, Dar es Salaam, Eduard von Knorr, Federal Foreign Office, German East Africa, German East Africa Company, German Empire, Hermann Wissmann, Imperial German Navy, Ivory trade, Khalifah bin Said of Zanzibar, Lindi, List of Sultans of Zanzibar, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Mikindani, Mombasa, Oromo people, Otto von Bismarck, Pangani, Reichskommissar, Royal Navy, Schutztruppe, Scramble for Africa, Society for German Colonization, Sultan, Swahili people, Tanga, Tanzania, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uluguru Mountains, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Usambara Mountains, Zanzibar.

Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi

Al Bashir ibn Salim al-Harthi (البشير بن سالم الحارثي) (executed 15 December 1889) was a wealthy merchant and plantation owner of Omani Arab / Oromo parentage who is known for the Abushiri Revolt against the German East Africa Company in present-day Tanzania.

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Arab slave trade

The Arab slave trade was the practice of slavery in the Arab world, mainly in Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Southeast Africa and Europe.

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Arabs

Arabs (عَرَب ISO 233, Arabic pronunciation) are a population inhabiting the Arab world.

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Askari

An askari was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Northeast Africa and Central Africa.

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Bagamoyo

Bagamoyo, Tanzania, is a town founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older (8th century) settlement, Kaole.

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Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar

Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, GCTE (1837 – March 26, 1888) (برغش بن سعيد البوسعيد), son of Said bin Sultan, was the second Sultan of Zanzibar.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Carl Peters

Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918), was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author, a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania).

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Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (Dar) (from دار السلام, "the house of peace"; formerly Mzizima) is the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre.

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Eduard von Knorr

Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr (8 March 1840 – 17 February 1920) was a German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial empire.

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Federal Foreign Office

The Federal Foreign Office (German), abbreviated AA, is the foreign ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, a federal agency responsible for both the country's foreign policy and its relationship with the European Union.

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German East Africa

German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) (GEA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania.

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German East Africa Company

The German East Africa Company (Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization which brought about the establishment of German East Africa, a territory which eventually comprised the areas of modern Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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Hermann Wissmann

Hermann Wilhelm Leopold Ludwig Wissmann, after 1890 Hermann von Wissmann (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905), was a German explorer and administrator in Africa.

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Imperial German Navy

The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire.

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Ivory trade

The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, mammoth, and most commonly, African and Asian elephants.

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Khalifah bin Said of Zanzibar

Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, (or Chalîfe) (1852 – February 13, 1890) (خليفة بن سعيد البوسعيد) was the third Sultan of Zanzibar.

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Lindi

Lindi is a coastal town located at the far end of Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania.

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List of Sultans of Zanzibar

The Sultans of Zanzibar were the rulers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which was created on 19 October 1856 after the death of Said bin Sultan, who had ruled Oman and Zanzibar as the Sultan of Oman since 1804.

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Meyers Konversations-Lexikon

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.

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Mikindani

Mikindani, is a coastal Swahili town in southeastern Tanzania.

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Mombasa

Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya.

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Oromo people

The Oromo people (Oromoo; ኦሮሞ, ’Oromo) are an ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia and parts of Kenya and Somalia.

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890.

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Pangani

Pangani is a town in northeast Tanzania that lies 45 km south of Tanga, at the mouth of the Pangani River.

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Reichskommissar

Reichskommissar (rendered as Commissioner of the Empire or as Reich - or Imperial Commissioner), in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and the Nazi Third Reich.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Schutztruppe

Schutztruppe ("protection force") was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

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Society for German Colonization

The Society for German Colonization (Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation, GfdK) was founded on 28 March 1884 in Berlin by Carl Peters.

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Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

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Swahili people

The Swahili people (or Waswahili) are an ethnic and cultural group inhabiting East Africa.

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Tanga, Tanzania

Tanga is both the name of the most northerly port city of Tanzania on the west of the Indian Ocean, and the surrounding Tanga Region.

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Tanganyika

Tanganyika was a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania, that existed from 1961 until 1964.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Uluguru Mountains

The Uluguru Mountains are a mountain range in eastern Tanzania, named after the Luguru tribe.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Usambara Mountains

The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise the easternmost ranges of the Eastern Arc Mountains.

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

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Abushiri Rebellion, Abushiri Revolt, Abushiri Uprising.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abushiri_revolt

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