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Zanzibar
Zanzibar is the name of a group of islands belonging to Tanzania, and its location is the Indian Ocean, and these islands have wide autonomy, and the Zanzibar Archipelago consists of the main islands: Pemba Island, Anguga, and Tombato, and the name of Zanzibar is Arabic, meaning (Barr Al-Zanj), and it has been corrupted and has become Zanzibar, the largest The islands in the archipelago are called the Swahili language (Angoga), and the word Engoga is made up of two words: Ango: it means Mansaf, it came: It means fullness, as it is called the lost Arab kingdom, it is really a paradise floating on the ground.
Tourism in Zanzibar
The islands of Zanzibar are distinguished by the delight of their stunning scenery, in addition to that they are distinguished by the presence of more than four million carnation trees with large areas of the island.
As for tourists coming to the island, they head to the countryside there, to wander and see its picturesque groves, where fresh water flows in abundance.
As for its beaches, it is characterized by its breathtaking beauty and white sands. Zanzibar is called the Turtle Island because of the large number of turtles on its shores, and the island is distinguished in addition to its beauty that it is a completely safe area, and Zanzibar is famous for spices until it has been called the city of spices, as it is characterized by its stretching palm on its shores.
In Zanzibar, there are many historical sites of high historical importance, which reflect the ancient history of the island. In the city of Staunton there is an ancient historical museum held in the open air which the visitor accesses after crossing a maze of winding alleys and streets of a historical nature, and historical mosques with a wonderful architectural character, As visitors to the place can walk for hours in those alleys and streets without feeling any fatigue.
There are many sporting activities that are attractive to tourists in Zanzibar, and these activities focus on swimming, floating, diving, kayaking and surfing.
The climate of Zanzibar
The climate of Zanzibar is mild tropical throughout the year because of the island’s proximity to the equator, and its rainy season is called the green season, which starts from April and ends at the end of June.
brief history
In the era of the Umayyad state, Muslim migrations towards eastern Africa contributed to the entry of a large number of the people of Zanzibar in Islam. During this period, Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf Al-Thaqafi attempted to annex Oman to the Umayyad state, during the era of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik bin Marwan. That period is ruled by the brothers Saeed and Suleiman Al-Jalandi, where the Al-Jalandi brothers refrained from pilgrims, so the latter sent a large army towards Oman, knowing that they would not be able to deter pilgrims, so they opted to flee and survive with their followers, and headed to the mainland.
The migration of the two brothers to Zanzibar resulted in the consolidation of the Omani presence on the island, and as a result, the governors on the island and its islands became followers of the rule of the imams of Oman, and the island continued in this case until the reign of Sultan (Saeed bin Sultan Al Busaidi), where he gave the island most of its unprecedented attention, The Sultan cemented civilizational links there with Oman, which included Zanzibar.
