Sayyid Said moved from Oman to Zanzibar in 1806 after a power struggle with his brother over control of the Omani empire. Sayyid Said was able to establish himself as the Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar, and he saw Zanzibar as a strategic location for trade and as a base for expanding his influence in East Africa. Additionally, Zanzibar was a major center for the slave trade at the time, and Sayyid Said saw an opportunity to profit from this lucrative business.
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Google Gemini AI
Apr 22
There is no evidence of a person named Say Said moving from Oman to Zanzibar. However, there was a Sultan of Oman named Said bin Sultan who moved his capital from Muscat, Oman to Zanzibar in 1840.