Editing Sultan (section)

====Swahili Coast====
[[File:Zanz-Ali II.jpg|thumb|The eighth [[List of sultans of Zanzibar|Sultan]] of [[Sultanate of Zanzibar|Zanzibar]], [[Ali bin Hamud of Zanzibar|Ali bin Hamud]]. Photograph taken between 1902 and 1911]]
* [[List of sultans of Zanzibar|Sultanate of Zanzibar]]: two incumbents (from the Omani dynasty) since the de facto separation from Oman in 1806, the last assumed the title Sultan in 1861 at the formal separation under British auspices;{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} since 1964 union with Tanganyika (part of [[Tanzania]])
''Mfalume'' is the {{Transliteration|sw|italic=no|(Ki)[[Swahili language|Swahili]]}} title of various native Muslim rulers, generally rendered in Arabic and in western languages as Sultan:
*in [[Kenya]]:
**[[Rulers of Pate|Pate]] on part of [[Pate island]] (capital also named Pate), in the [[Lamu Archipelago]]
**[[Wituland]], became a  German, then [[British protectorate]]
*in [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]] (presently part of [[Tanzania]]): of Hadimu, on the island of that name; also styled ''Jembe''