Al Bashir ibn Salim al-Harthi (Arabic: البشير بن سالم الحارثي) (executed 15 December 1889) was a wealthy merchant and plantation owner of Omani Arab parentage who is known for the Abushiri Revolt against the German East Africa Company in present-day Tanzania. He is credited with uniting local Arab traders and African tribes against German colonialism.
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1889 (aged ) Pangani, German East Africa (present-day Tanzania)
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