Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar

Sayyid Ali bin Hamud al-Busaidi, also known as Ali II, was the eighth Sultan of Zanzibar from 1902 to 1911.

Biography

Hamud was proclaimed Sultan of Zanzibar on 20 July 1902, following the death of his father, the seventh Sultan, two days earlier. There was a regency until he attained majority.
He married Chukwani bint Faisal ibn Turki Al-Busaid at Chukwani Palace, Zanzibar in 1902.
He served only a few years as sultan because of illness. On 9 December 1911 he abdicated in favour of his brother-in-law Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid.
During his reign, slavery in Zanzibar was fully abolished with the abolition of concubinage in 1909.
Ali II abdicated the throne in December 1911 due to ill health and later lived in Europe until his death in 1918 in Paris. His children continued to have roles or connections within the broader Al-Busaid/Al-Sa’id dynastic network in Zanzibar and Oman.