page_title: Abushiri revolt
hierarchical_section_title: Abushiri revolt
caption_attribution_description: Sudanesen-Companie
context_page_description: The Abushiri revolt was an insurrection in 1888–1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the coast of East Africa that were granted, under protest, to Germany by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888. It was eventually surpressed by a German expedition corps which conquered the coastal area.
context_section_description: The Abushiri revolt was an insurrection in 1888–1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the coast of East Africa that were granted, under protest, to Germany by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888. It was eventually surpressed by a German expedition corps which conquered the coastal area.
caption: A German company of Sudanese on the march during the Abushiri Revolt (Rudolf Hellgrewe, 1891)
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