Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokusainwa kwechibvumirano cheHeligoland-Zanzibar pakati peUnited Kingdom neGerman Empire muna 1890, Zanzibar pachayo yakava nzvimbo yaidzivirira yeBritain. Muna August 1896, zvichitevera kufa kwaSultan Hamad bin Thuwaini, Britain neZanzibar vakarwa hondo
Hondo yemaminiti 38, ipfupi zvikurusa munhau yakanyorwa. Kurwira chigaro kwakaitika sezvo hama yaSultan Khalid bin Barghash yakatora simba. Panzvimbo pezvo, vokuBritain vaida kuti Hamoud bin Mohammed ave Sultan, vachitenda kuti aizova nyore zvikuru kushanda naye. VaBritain vakapa Khalid awa kuti abve muimba yamambo muStone Town. Khalid akakundikana kuita kudaro, uye panzvimbo pezvo akaunganidza uto revarume 2 800 kuti arwise vaBritain. MaBritish akatanga kurwisa muzinda uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzakapoteredza guta mushure mezvo Khalid akadzokera shure uye akazoenda kuutapwa. Hamoud ipapo akagadzwa nenzira yorugare saSultan.