Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusvikira muna 1886, mambo weZanzibar aidzora chikamu chakakura chemhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumabvazuva kweAfrica, yaizivikanwa seZanj, uye migwagwa yokutengeserana yaipinda mukondinendi yacho, kusvikira kuKindu paRwizi rweCongo. Gore iroro, vokuBritain nevaGermany vakasangana muchivande ndokudzorera nzvimbo yacho pasi pokutonga kwamambo. Mumakore mashomanana akatevera, nyika dzakawanda dzeSultanate dzakatorwa nemadzimambo eEurope. Nokusainwa kweHeligoland-Zanzibar Treaty muna 1890 panguva yokutonga kwaAli bin Said, Zanzibar yakava nzvimbo yaidzivirira yeBritain. Muna August 1896, Britain neZanzibar vakarwa hondo
Hondo yemaminiti 38, ipfupi munhau yakanyorwa, pashure pokunge Khalid bin Barghash atora simba pashure porufu rwaHamid bin Thuwaini. VaBritain vakanga vachida kuti Hamoud bin Mohammed ave sultan, vachitenda kuti aizova nyore zvikuru kushanda naye. VaBritish 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 akarwisa muzinda uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzakapoteredza guta racho. Khalid akadzokera shure uye gare gare akaenda kunhapwa. Hamoud akabva agadzwa kuva sultan.