Thewar in 1896 between Zanzibar and Great Britain has been recorded as history's shortest and is often dismissed as a sort of comic-opera event not worthy of serious study.
Vita katika mwaka 1896 kati ya Zanzibar na Uingereza imeandikwa kama tukio fupi la kihistoria na mara nyingi limedharauliwa na kuchukuliwa kama mchezo wa kuigiza ambao haustahili kufanyiwa utafiti wa kina.