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| Sultan Ahmed Mugheiry |
Dear Friends,
I have the pleasure to inform you
that there will be another ZIRPP lecture this month at the Institute.
Chairperson: Prof. Abdul Sheriff;
Presenter: Mr. Muhammad Yussuf
Title of presentation: "The
Life and Times of (the Late) Sultan Ahmed Mugheiry"
Date and Time: Saturday 31 March
2018; 4.00 PM
Venue: ZIRPP Conference Room, Tiger
House, behind Majestic Cinema
ABSTRACT
(The Late) Sultan Ahmed
Mugheiry was a Senior Police Officer with His Majesty 's (Seyyid Khalifa)
Government from 1918 to 1952. At the time of his retirement in 1952, he had
attained the position of Assistant Superintendent of Police, a very rare
position for a Zanzibari citizen (non-British) at the time of the British
Protectorate. In August of the same year, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid
Khalifa bin Haroub, appointed Sultan Ahmed Mugheiry to be one of the two
Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council representing the island of Pemba.
With his flamboyance, charisma and remarkable articulation in both English and
Arabic languages, he became one of the few very active and resourceful members
in the Legislative Council, serving in the Development Committee of the House
along with an experienced and highly respected MLC member in the person of
Sheikh Ameir Tajo.
However, Sultan Mugheiry's rising
star power in the political arena was short-lived. After less than two and a
half years in the Legislative Council, he was brutally attacked by unknown assailants
on 30 November 1955 after parking his car in the garage near his house at
Mkunazini. As he was recovering at Mnazi Mmoja hospital, on 1st December 1955,
one angry assailant entered into his hospital room and brutally stabbed him to
death. Sultan's tragic death had triggered, not only unprecedented sympathy
throughout Zanzibar, but had also changed the whole course of political
dynamics in Zanzibar whose effects and tribulations could still be felt today
63 years after his tragic death.
The presenter, will, therefore, try
to give a brief account of Sultan Mugheiry's life and times and the reasons
behind his murder, and its impact and ramifications on the political and social
development of Zanzibar.
Tea, Coffee and Snacks will be served
freely.
Please forward this message to
anybody who may be interested. Those who would like to attend should send their
email addresses and telephone numbers to: zirpp@googlegroups.com.
Please confirm your participation.
You may bring one or two friends with you.
All are welcome.
Muhammad Yussuf
Executive Director
Zanzibar Institute for Research and
Public Policy
P.O. Box 4523, Zanzibar, Tanzania;
Tel: +255 242 223-8474;
Fax: +255 242 223-8475;
Cellular: 0777 707820;
Email: zirpp@googlegroups.com;
Weblog: www.zirpo.wordpress.com;
Website: www.zirpp.info
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