Talk:Majid bin Said of Zanzibar

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Regarding Sultan Majid's anti/pro-slavery stance, he did restrict slave dealing, previously a multinational business, into a trade carried out at certain times of the year, and only by subjects of his kingdom. British pressure was undoubtedly effective in this, and Barghash merely carried on this practice of abolition one step further, until Khalifah ibn Sa'id's abolition of slavery altogether. For confirmation, see 20 Rajabu, 1280(January 1,1864) decree restricting slave dealings in Zanzibar, as confirmed by Liet-Col. Playfair to Earl Russell, and passed by the Queen's Council at Osborne (Osborne House August 9, 1866), the Isle of Wight.