Had there been no revolution in Zanzibar and had the BuSa'idi Sultanate not been terminated it is conceivable that Sheikh Ali might have attained the highest office in the land, but it was not to be. Sheikh Ali's claim to fame lies rather less in the domain of politics, andrather more in the pages of his Swahili Qur'an.
Msiba mkubwa wa historia za viongozi wa Afrika ni kuwa wao hutaka historia ziandikwe zitakazowakweza wao na si kinyume cha hivyo. Historia ya Zanzibar haikusalimika na tatizo hili. Hadi kilipotoka kitabu cha Dr. Harith Ghassany, "Kwaheri Ukoloni Kwaheri Uhuru," historia ya mapinduzi yaliegemezwa katika ujuzi wa mipango ya ASP na Makomredi wa Umma Party.