Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Ever since the East African Colony was established, it had maintained fairly amicable relations with the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
As the East African Colony expanded into the western interior of East Africa, it affected the traditional trade routes of the Arab merchants. However, the East African Colony had no interest in native slaves or ivory.
Whenever it cleared newly occupied lands, the East African Colony brought the natives, ivory, and other products to Dar es Salaam Port to trade with merchants from various countries.
Unlike the Arabian caravans of the past, which had to deal with Bantu tribes in the interior, the East African Colony simply flipped the table. With every expansion, large numbers of natives fell into the colony's hands.
Naturally, the East African Colony had no intention of keeping these people. It directly drove down slave prices, and the Arab merchants only had to wait at the port for the East African Colony to deliver the goods to their door.
All the East African Colony needed was for the Arab merchants to trade food and other goods in exchange.
Yet the East African Colony's actions still displeased certain people. They were the progressive faction of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, represented by Bargash bin Said, younger brother of Zanzibar's Sultan Majid bin Said.
This matter had to begin with Majid bin Said, the current Sultan of Zanzibar.
Sultan Majid bin Said was the sixth son of Said bin Sultan, the former ruler of the Omani Empire.
Said bin Sultan had been quite an extraordinary figure. He had once led the Omani Empire into prosperity, and Zanzibar was territory he had conquered.
After his death, Majid bin Said competed with his third brother, Suweni bin Said, for the throne. Yet Suweni bin Said was a cut above