Zanzibar in contemporary times : a short history of the southern East in the nineteenth century / by Robert Nunez Lyne.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-220) and index.

Machine generated contents note: I. - First Appearance of the English - Ancient Records - -- The Portuguese - The Imamus of Oman -- II. - Seyyid Said Bin Sultan -- III. - Seyyid Said - Subjugation of Mombasa -- IV. - Seyyid Said - Rise of Zanzibar - The Slave Traffic -- Across the Western Ocean -- V. - Seyyid Majid - Rebellion in Zanzibar - Separation from Oman -- VI. - Seyyid Majid - The Slave Trade of Zanzibar and Arabia -- VI. - Zanzibar under Seyyid Majid -- VIII. - Seyyid Barghash - Frere's Mission -- IX. - Seyyid Barghash - Visit to England - Revival of the Slave Trade - -- Lieutenant Mathews -- X. - Seyyid Barghash - The Death of Captain Brownrigg and its -- R esults -- XI. - Seyyid Barghash - The German Surprise of 1885 -- XII. - Seyyid Barghash - Delimitation - Portuguese Aggression -- XIII. - Seyyid Khalifa - Risings in the German Sphere - The Blockade -- XIV. - Witu and the British Coast - Mbaruk Rebellions -- XV. - The End of Slavery. -- XVI. - Organisation of Zanzibar Government -- XVII. - The Bombardment -- XVIII. - Missions -- XIX. - The People -- XX. -The Plantation -- XXI. - The Climate -- Appendix I.- Rulers of Zanzibar -- Appendix II.- Meteorology -- Appendix III.- Finance -- Appendix IV.- Commerce -- Appendix V.- Customs Duties -- Appendix VI.- Shipping -- Appendix VII.- Soils.