Ohambweni lwakhe olusemthethweni lwase-Oman kulo nyaka, uMongameli waseTanzania uSamia Suluhu Hassan uvuselele ubudlelwano obude obukhona bomlando nobucebile phakathi kweTanzania neSultanate yase-Oman.
I-Tanzania ne-Oman manje ibheka ikusasa eliqhakazile ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-200 yezixhumanisi zomlando negugu manje eliheha izinkulungwane zezivakashi ukuthi zivakashele izwe laseTanzania futhi ikakhulukazi i-Zanzibar Island, edume ngezindawo zayo eziyigugu ezinezimpande ezivela e-Oman.
Izibopho zomlando phakathi Oman futhi iTanzania yayishintshile ngokwengxenye ngesikhathi sekoloni lamaJalimane namaNgisi eTanzania, kwase kuthi uguquko lwaseZanzibar lwangoJanuwari 1964 lwaqeda ithonya le-Oman eZanzibar futhi ingxenye yogu lwase-Indian Ocean eTanzania.
Namuhla, ingqophamlando yamagugu aqoshwe phambili futhi aqoshwe kakhulu emlandweni phakathi kwe-Oman neTanzania yiDolobha lase-Dar es Salaam, indawo yokuhlala esemthethweni yombusi waseZanzibar, uSultan Seyyid Al-Majjid, kamuva kwaba inhloko-dolobha yaseTanzania. Lowo owayenguSultan waseZanzibar wase-Oman wabe eseqamba inhlokodolobha yakhe entsha yokuphatha enegama elithi "Dar es Salaam" noma "Indawo Yokuthula," igama elisagcinwe kuze kube namuhla.
Idolobha lase-Dar es Salaam ogama lakhe liyifa le-Oman Sultanate njengamanje liphakathi kwamadolobha amahle amagugu e-Afrika anamagugu amasiko ahlukahlukene anokuhlanganiswa kwezinhlanga eziningi, adonsa izivakashi kanye nezivakashi ezivela emagumbini ahlukahlukene omhlaba. USultan Majjid wayesungule idolobha lase-Dar es Salaam esuka endaweni encane yokudoba “Mzizima” eyayihlala abadobi bendawo base-Afrika ngalezo zinsuku. Manje iDar es Salaam isibalwa namadolobha akhula ngokushesha kakhulu e-Afrika futhi yayilokhu iyinhloko-dolobha nenhloko-dolobha yezentengiselwano yaseTanzania.
Ukuvakasha kukaMongameli Samia eMuscat kwakuyinkomba okuhloswe ngayo ukuvuselela inkazimulo edlule, ikakhulukazi ifa lomlando i-Oman eyalishiya eZanzibar kanye nogu lwaseTanzania, elibonakala ngezakhiwo ezinhle zama-Arab, isiko lesiSwahili, kanye nezindlela zokuphila kwabaningi bezwe. abantu baseTanzania naseZanzibar.
Ethula inkulumo yakhe embuthanweni wabaphathi bamabhizinisi, abatshalizimali, kanye namanxusa avela e-Oman naseTanzania e-Muscat, uMongameli Samia uncome ukubambisana okukhulayo manje nobungane phakathi kweTanzania ne-Oman.
“I-Sultanate yase-Oman iyizwe elikhetheke kakhulu eTanzania. Alikho elinye izwe kulo mhlaba elinezakhamuzi zalo eziningi ezinobudlelwano begazi nabantu baseTanzania,” kusho yena.
Kusobala ukuthi ukujula kobudlelwano kukhetheke kakhulu njengoba i-Oman kuwukuphela kwezwe elingaphandle kwe-Afrika elinamasiko ahlobene nesiSwahili ajwayelene namaTanzania.
Umongameli ngokungangabazeki wayefuna ukuvuselela ukubambisana phakathi kwama-Omanis namaTanzania, ebheka ubudlelwano obudlule. Uthe uhambo lwakhe luhlose ukwakha ukubambisana okusondelene kwezomnotho, ezepolitiki namasiko phakathi kwe-Oman neTanzania, kusuka emlandweni omude okwabelwana ngawo kanye negazi elivamile elisukela ngekhulu le-19.
I-Tanzania ne-Oman zombili zinezipho zemvelo ezinothile futhi ziziqhayisa ngezindawo abatshalizimali abavela kuzo zombili izizwe abangazisebenzisa ukusheshisa ukuchuma komnotho, kusho uSamia. Ngaphandle kwamagugu omlando namasiko anezimpande ezivela e-Oman, umlando wenkolo yobuKristu eTanzania naseCentral Africa uxhumeke kahle ne-Oman sultanate. UZanzibar Sultan wavulela izithunywa zevangeli zaseYurophu ithuba lokungena embusweni wakhe osuka ogwini lwaseTanzania ukhuphuke uye eCongo naseZambia ukuze usakaze “Izwe LikaNkulunkulu” - ubuKristu.
I-Stone Town eZanzibar iyindawo ye-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site futhi iyindawo ekhangayo eZanzibar ngezakhiwo zayo eziyingqayizivele nezomlando zezakhiwo zakuqala zase-Omani Arabic. Ngenkathi uvakashele iStone Town, umuntu angabona iMakethe Yezigqila kanye neKhathedrali laseSheshi, iHouse of Wonders, iSultans' Palace Museum, i-Old Arab Fort, kanye neThe House of Wonders noma i-“Beit Al Ajaib” - indawo yokuhlala yangaphambili yeSultan yaseZanzibar. - Isakhiwo esikhulu esimise okwesikwele esinamafulethi amaningana azungezwe izigaba zezinsika namavulandi. Abaqondisi kulesi sakhiwo bathi sakhiwa ngo-1883 njengesigodlo somkhosi kaSultan Barghash futhi sasingesokuqala eZanzibar ukuba namalambu kagesi.
Amanxiwa ezakhiwo zakudala zama-Arabhu, ukuhweba ngezigqila, kanye nokungena kobuKristu eTanzania nase-Afrika Ephakathi kungamagugu amakhulu atholakala eZanzibar naseBagamoyo ogwini lwaseTanzania, manje adonsa izixuku zezivakashi zakuleli nezakwamanye amazwe ukuba zivakashele.
Phakathi kwamagugu ezakhiwo ase-Oman abonakala namuhla kukhona i-Old Boma eduze nechweba lase-Dar es Salaam eyakhiwa ngo-1867 ukuze kuhlaliswe izivakashi zomndeni wakwaSultan, uSeyyid Al-Majjid, isigodlo sakhe sasiseduze. I-Old Boma ibheke isikhumulo semikhumbi saseZanzibar echwebeni elikhulu lase-Dar es Salaam. Iphakathi kwezindawo zamagugu eziphambili ezinomlando wayo osuka eSultanate yase-Oman naseZanzibar. Lesi sakhiwo sinezicabha zokhuni eziqoshwe ngesitayela saseZanzibar nezindonga zaso ezakhiwe ngamatshe ekhorali kanye nophahla lwaso oluklanywe ngezakhiwo zesi-Arabhu. Njengamanje ingaphansi koMkhandlu weDolobha lase-Dar es Salaam, ihlalisa i-Dar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage (i-Darch), isikhungo solwazi lwezokuvakasha esisingatha imibukiso yentuthuko yezakhiwo zase-Dar es Salaam. Ibanga elifushane ukusuka e-Old Boma, eseduze ne-Old Post Office enkabeni yedolobha, isivakashi singabona iNdlu kaBaba Omhlophe eyakhiwa nguSultan Majid ngo-1865 ukuze kuhlaliswe izivakashi.
Ukwethulwa kokutshalwa kwe-clove eZanzibar kunezimpande zakho e-Oman ngemuva kokuvula amapulazi ama-clove ePemba kuleyo minyaka edlule, kanye nokutshalwa kukakhukhunathi endaweni esogwini lwaseTanzania. Ngaphandle kwama-clove, ama-Arabhu ama-Omani ayesebenzisa iziqhingi zaseZanzibar nasePemba ukuze akhiqize izinongo, ikakhulukazi amantongomane, isinamoni nopelepele omnyama.
Imibono evela kubabhali abahlukahlukene bezokuvakasha ithi iSultanate yase-Oman ihlobene nentuthuko yamanje yezokuvakasha ogwini lwaseTanzania, kususelwa kumagugu amasiko nomlando ayekhona eminyakeni engama-200 edlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- President Samia's visit to Muscat was an indication aimed to rekindle the past glory, mostly the historical heritage which Oman had left in Zanzibar and the coast of Tanzania, seen through the beautiful Arab architecture, the Swahili culture, and ways of life to most of the people in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
- The historical ties between Oman and Tanzania had partly changed during the German and British colonization of Tanzania, then the January 1964 revolution of Zanzibar ended the influence of Oman in Zanzibar and partly the Indian Ocean's coast of Tanzania.
- Today, the leading recorded and most documented historical heritage landmark between Oman and Tanzania is Dar es Salaam City, the former official residence of the ruler of Zanzibar, Sultan Seyyid Al-Majjid, and later the capital city of Tanzania.
