| Said Ali bin Said Omar | |
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 Said Ali bin Said Omar in 1897 | |
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| Reign | 14 April 1892 – 25 July 1912 |
| Predecessor | Saidi Omar bin Said Hasan |
| Successor | Monarchy abolished |
| Died | 10 February 1916 Tamatave, French Madagascar (now Toamasina, Madagascar) |
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Said Ali bin Said Omar (died 10 February 1916) was the Sultan of Grande Comore. He was the first and last sultan tibe or paramount king of the whole island of Ngazidja.
In 1841 the island of Mayotte was made a French colony. The French, the British and the Germans wanted to exercise power and trade on the Comoros.
In 1886, the island of Ngazidja or (Grande Comore in French) comprised nine Sultanates, but in 1886, the Sultan (paramount ruler and Sultan) of Anjouan usurped the other sultanates and signed a treaty with French, granting France rights over the entire island. The Sultanates of Ndzuwani (Anjouan), and Mwali (Mohéli in French) became French protectorates the same year and a French résident was posted to each of the three islands.
The Order of the Star of Anjouan (French : Order de l'Étoile d'Anjouan), also known as the "Order of Said Ali" was instituted to reward foreigners with an appropriate decoration in the European style.
On 14 April 1892 Said Ali bin Said Omar became Sultan, but in that year he was banished to Réunion. On 9 April 1908, France declared the Comoros a single territory (Mayotte and Dependencies) and attached it to the colony of Madagascar.
On 25 July 1912, the Protectorate was abolished and Ngazidja, along with the three other islands, was annexed by France and the entire archipelago was constituted as a province of Madagascar. This was ratified on 23 February 1914.
Said Ali bin Said Omar went to court, where the French judges awarded him a compensation for his losses.
Saidi Ali ibn Saidi Omar died on 10 February 1916 in Tamatave on Madagascar.
Said Ali married Thouiebat Said Bacar. Their sons were Prince Said Ibrahim, born on 17 April 1911 in Tananarive, and Prince Said Omar Almansoor. His son, Crown Prince Said Hussein joined the French Foreign Legion on 4 August 1916 during the First World War. [1]
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975. A member of the Arab League, it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a member state of the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Shikomori, French and Arabic.
The history of the Comoros extends to about 800–1000 AD when the archipelago was first inhabited. The Comoros have been inhabited by various groups throughout this time. France colonised the islands in the 19th century, and they became independent in 1975.
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Grande Comore is an island in Comoros off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population as of 2006 is about 316,600. The island's capital is Moroni, which is also the national capital. The island is made up of two shield volcanoes, with Mount Karthala being the country's highest point at 2,361 m (7,746 ft) above sea level. According to the 2009 revision of the constitution of 2002, it is governed by an elected Governor, as are the other islands, with the federal government being much reduced in power. The name Ngazidja is sometimes seen in the now nonstandard form Njazidja.
The franc is the official currency of Comoros. It is nominally subdivided into 100 centimes, although no centime denominations have ever been issued.
Prince Said Ibrahim Ben Sultan Said Ali El Maceli Al Ba'alawi was a Comorian politician. He served as a member of the French National Assembly from 1959 until 1970, and as Prime Minister of the Comoros from 2 April 1970 until 16 July 1972. He was the son of Sultan Said Ali Bin Sultan Said Omar, Sultan of Grande Comore.
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The postage stamps and postal history of the Comoro Islands is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of the Comoro Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago located on the south-east side of Africa.
The Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan was a French colonial order of knighthood founded in 1874.
Badgini was a sultanate on the island of Grande Comore in present day Comoros. It was independent until 1886, when Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Bambao made it a part of the unified Ngazidja Sultanate. It was ruled by the M'Dombozi clan.
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The Sultanate of Bambao was a state on the island of Grande Comore. Its capital was the town of Iconi. In 1886, Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Anjouan united the sultanates of Grand Comore into the state of Ngazidja.
Itsandra was one of the two major sultanates on the island of Grand Comore before the French colonization of the Comoros. It was taken over by the Sultanate of Anjouan in 1886 and became a part of the united Sultanate of Ngazidja.
Léon Joseph Henry Humblot was a French naturalist and botanical collector.
Said Ali Kemal was a Comorian politician. He was the son of Prince Saïd Ibrahim Ben Ali and the grandson of Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore.
The Territory of the Comoros was a French overseas territory consisting of the four main Comoro Islands that existed from 1946 to 1975. It was part of the French Union under the Fourth Republic, then part of the French Community established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic from 1958.
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