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.