This relatively modest semi-detached house at 24 Victoria Grove, Southsea (Portsmouth) was, for over 50 years, the home in exile of Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah, the last Sultan of Zanzibar. This was not the life he would have expected. How did he end up here? Sayyid Jamshid was born into privilege on 16 September 1929 … Continue reading "The Last Sultan of Zanzibar"
