Chief Justice of Zanzibar

[1] Zanzibar became a British protectorate following the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890.

[2] An Order of Council created Her Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar with a presiding judge in 1897[3] and another Order established the High Court in 1925.

[4] The protectorate gained its independence in December 1963 as a constitutional monarchy and after a revolution a month later was transformed into the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba.

[5] In 1964 it merged with Tanganyika into the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later in that year was renamed to United Republic of Tanzania.

[6] Despite the unification both parts of the new state retained their former judicial systems.