Private sitting room of the Sultan of Zanzibar. Chair, sofas, carpet.
19th c African (East) Anglo-Mughal Furnishings

ANGLO-MUGHAL Anonymous (aka Anglo-Indian Anonymous) (c. 1750 - 1947)
c. 1880-1899
19th c
Anglo-Mughal
Chair
Stone Town (Mji Mkongwe). Zanzibar. Tanzania.
Stone Town (Mji Mkongwe). Palace Museum.
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The palace became the residence of the Sultans in 1911. Seyyid Khalifa bin Haroub lived in the palace until the Revolution of 1960 when he and his family escaped to Dar es Salaam on his yacht and thence to exile in Britain.