Ka cika wannan magana: Har zuwa shekara ta 1886, sarkin Zanzibar yana da iko a kan wani babban yanki na gabashin Afirka da ake kira Zanj, kuma hanyoyin kasuwanci sun kai har zuwa Kindu a Kogin Congo. A wannan shekarar, 'yan Burtaniya da Jamusawa sun haɗu a asirce kuma sun sake kafa yankin a ƙarƙashin mulkin sultan. A cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa, yawancin yankuna na Sultanate sun mallaki ikon mulkin Turai. Tare da sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Heligoland-Zanzibar a cikin 1890 a lokacin mulkin Ali bin Said, Zanzibar ta zama mai kare Burtaniya. A watan Agustan 1896, Birtaniya da Zanzibar sun yi yaƙi da
Yakin minti 38, mafi guntu a tarihin da aka rubuta, bayan da Khalid bin Barghash ya karbi iko bayan mutuwar Hamid bin Thuwaini. 'Yan Birtaniya sun so Hamoud bin Mohammed ya zama sultan, suna gaskanta cewa zai fi sauƙi a yi aiki tare da shi. 'Yan Birtaniya sun ba Khalid sa'a guda ya bar fadar sarkin a Stone Town. Khalid ya kasa yin hakan, kuma a maimakon haka ya tara sojoji 2,800 don yaƙi da Birtaniyya. 'Yan Birtaniya sun kaddamar da hari a fadar da sauran wurare a kusa da birnin. Khalid ya ja da baya kuma daga baya ya tafi gudun hijira. Daga nan sai aka nada Hamoud a matsayin sultan.