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In 1859, Albert Roscher of Hamburg became the first European to land in Mzizima ("healthy town"). In 1866 Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar gave it its present name, an Arabic phrase meaning Haven of Peace. Dar es Salaam fell into decline after Majid's death in 1870, but was revived in 1887, when the German East Africa Company established a station there. The town's growth was facilitated by its role as the administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa and industrial expansion resulting from the construction of the Central Railway Line in the early 1900s.
German East Africa was captured by the British during World War I and from then on referred to as Tanganyika. Dar es Salaam was retained as the territory's administrative and commercial centre. Under British indirect rule , separate European (e.g. Oyster Bay ) and African (e.g. KariakooKariakoo is an area of the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In earlier centuries it was a small village that was frequently raided by slave traders. Thousands of people were kidnapped from Karikoo and forced into slavery in the Americas. Ryszard Kapuscins and Ilala ) areas developed at a distance from the city center. The town's population also included a large amount of South Asians.
After World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, Dar es Salaam experienced a period of rapid growth. Political developments, including the formation and growth of the Tanganyika African National UnionThe Premier Political party in the Struggle for sovereignity in Tanganyika. The Party was founded by Julius Kambarage Nyerere While he was still teaching at Pugu Secondary School. (TANU), led to Tanganyika attaining independence from colonial rule in December 1961. Dar es Salaam continued to serve as its capital, also when in 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania. However, in 1973 provisions were made to relocate the capital to DodomaDodoma estimated population 215,000 ( 1994), is the official capital of Tanzania. It is the center of a region that produces beans, seeds, grain, peanuts, coffee, tea, and tobacco. Cattle are also raised and marketed. In the mid- 1970s, plans were made to, a more centrally located city in Tanzania's interior. The relocation process has not yet been completed, and Dar es Salaam remains as Tanzania's primary city.
The US Embassy in Dar es Salaam was bombed in AugustSee August (album) for the album by Eric Clapton. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's Ju 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting by Osama bin LadenUsmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Ldin (born March 10, 1957 or July 30, 1957) ( Arabic: ), commonly known as Osama bin Laden , is the head of al-Qaida, a militant Islamist organization that has been involved in terrorist attacks against civilians and milit's terrorist group Al-Qaida. See: 1998 U.S. embassy bombings
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