Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hamoud akava sultan achitsigirwa nemumiriri weBritain, Sir Basil Cave, pakafa Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini. Asati apinda mumuzinda wacho, mumwe munhu aifungidzirwa kuti aizoda kuva mambo, Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash, akatora muzinda wacho ndokuzviita mambo. MaBritish akapindura zuva rakatevera racho, 26 August 1896, nokubudisa mhedziso kuna Khalid nevateveri vake kuti vabve mumuzinda na 9:00 mangwanani musi wa 27 August. Paakaramba, ngarava dzehondo dzeRoyal Navy dzakapfura pamuzinda uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzakakosha muguta, zvichiita kuti Khalid neboka rake vatize. Maererano ne"Guinness Book of World Records" Hondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar yakabuda
yaiva hondo pfupi zvikurusa munhau, uye zuva rimwe chetero Hamoud akakwanisa kutora zita roumambo, ane chikwereti zvikuru kuvaBritain kupfuura nakare kose.