# Abdullah bin Khalifa - Sultan of Zanzibar

URL: https://allhistories.com/oman/rulers/abdullah-bin-khalifa
Reign: 1960 – 1963
Number in the list: 127
Dynasty: Al Bu Said (Zanzibar branch)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Zanzibar

Sultan of Zanzibar after the 1856 partition.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Ghalib bin Ali al-Hinai](https://allhistories.com/oman/rulers/ghalib-bin-ali-al-hinai)
- Next in list: [Jamshid bin Abdullah](https://allhistories.com/oman/rulers/jamshid-bin-abdullah)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1960 - [Creation of the Oman Gendarmerie](https://allhistories.com/oman/timeline/1960-creation-of-the-oman-gendarmerie)
- 1960 - [Arab States Ask the UN to Debate Oman](https://allhistories.com/oman/timeline/1960-arab-states-ask-the-un-to-debate-oman)
- 1962 - [Discovery of the Yibal Oil Field](https://allhistories.com/oman/timeline/1962-discovery-of-the-yibal-oil-field)
- 1963 - [Bait Kathir Uprising in Dhofar](https://allhistories.com/oman/timeline/1963-bait-kathir-uprising-in-dhofar)
- 1963 - [UN Ad Hoc Committee on Oman](https://allhistories.com/oman/timeline/1963-un-ad-hoc-committee-on-oman)