One of its rulers supposedly gained the throne after climbing in through an open palace window and declaring himself sultan.
One of its rulers supposedly gained the throne after climbing in through an open palace window and declaring himself sultan. That man sent two separate telegrams attempting to enter diplomatic relations with another country, but neither was delivered by an American ambassador, leading to a battle in which its only warship, the H.H.S. Glasgow, was destroyed. It would later see a bloody revolution led by John Okello that established Sheik Abied Karume as its leader after only one month of independence. It reached its highest point under Said the Great, and lowest point when it lost the shortest war in history to Great Britain. For ten points, identify this formerly independent country that in 1964 merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
One of its rulers supposedly gained the throne after climbing in through an open palace window and declaring himself sultan.
{Zanzibar}