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The Al-Busaid Dynasty

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1783 - [1811] Al-Wasiq Billah al-Samad Imam al-Musliman Sayyid Sa'id bin Imam Ahmad, Imam of Oman. b. 1741, second son of Sayyid Ahmad bin Sa'id Al-Said, Imam of Oman, educ. privately. Seized temporal power from his father January 1775. Proclaimed as Imam after the death of his father, at Rustaq, 15^th December 1783. Deposed as temporal ruler by his eldest son, 1786. He continued to hold the spiritual title of Imam until his death, the last of the Busaidi family to enjoy that status. He d. at the Fort of Rustaq, 1811, having had issue, five sons:

1) Sayyid Ahmad bin Sa'id Al-Said, educ. privately. Regained Zanzibar for his father in 1784. Governor of Muscat 1784-1819. He d. at Muscat, 1819, having had issue, seven sons and a daughter:
- a) Sayyid Hamid bin Ahmad Al-Said. Governor of Zanzibar 1822-1825. He d. before 1868, having had issue, two sons:
  - i) Sayyid Hilal bin Hamid Al-Said. He d. 1868, having had issue, a son:
    - (1) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Said. He d. 1904, having had issue, a son:
      - (a) Sayyid Hilal bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1885.
  - ii) Sayyid Badr bin Hamid Al-Said. He d. 1873, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
    - (1) Sayyid Ahmad bin Badr Al-Said. He had issue, two sons:
      - (a) Sayyid Harub bin Ahmad Al-Said. b. 1893, educ. privately.
      - (b) Sayyid Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Said. Governor of Masna'ah 1930, of Muttrah 1930-1931, Sib 1941-1946, Dhofar 1946-1948, and Sib 1948. He had issue, four sons:
        
        (i) Sayyid Sultan bin Hamud Al-Said. Governor of Rustaq 1959. He had issue, four sons:
        
        1. Sayyid Saif bin Sultan Al-Said. He had issue, one son:
        
        a. Sayyid Hamud bin Saif Al-Said.
        
        2. H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Sultan Al-Said. Ambassador to France.
        
        3. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan Al-Said.
        
        4. Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Sultan Al-Said.
        
        (ii) Sayyid Badr bin Hamud Al-Said. Governor of Qurayat 1930. He had issue, two sons:
        
        1. Sayyid Ghalib bin Badr Al-Said.
        
        2. Sayyid Hilal bin Badr Al-Said. Presdt. Muscat Municipality 1938-1945. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
        
        (iii) Sayyid Ahmad bin Hamud Al-Said.
        
        (iv) Sayyid 'Ali bin Hamud Al-Said. Governor of Saham 1927, and of Gwadur 1927-1931. He d. at Birka, 9^th August 1931.
    - (2) Sayyid Hamud bin Badr Al-Said. He d. 1886, having had issue, two sons:
      - (a) Sayyid Hilal bin Hamud Al-Said. b. 1885, educ. privately. Governor of Birka 1918. He had issue, one son:
        
        (i) Sayyid 'Ali bin Hilal Al-Said.
      - (b) Sayyid Ya'arub bin Hamud Al-Said. b. 1886, educ. privately. He had issue, five sons:
        
        (i) Sayyid Talib Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately. He had issue, three sons:
        
        1. Sayyid Muhammad bin Talib Al-Said.
        
        2. Sayyid Hamud bin Talib Al-Said.
        
        3. Sayyid 'Ali bin Talib Al-Said.
        
        (ii) Sayyid Saif Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately. Governor of Dhofar 1897.
        
        (iii) Sayyid Nasir Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately.
        
        (iv) Sayyid Hilal Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately.
        
        (v) Sayyid Muhammad Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately.
        
        (vi) Sayyid Qahtan Ya'arub Al-Said, educ. privately. Governor of Musnah 1918. He had issue:
        
        1. Sayyid Ya'arub bin Qahtan Al-Said. b. 1884, educ. privately. Governor of Sura 1935-1938, Suwaiq 1938-1943, Khabura 1943-1945, and of Shinas 1945.
    - (3) Sayyid Muhammad bin Badr Al-Said. He d. 1901.
    - (4) Sayyid 'Ali bin Badr Al-Said. b. 1853, educ. privately. Governor of Burka. He d. having had issue, four sons: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
      - (a) Sayyid Hilal bin 'Ali Al-Said. b. 1881, educ. privately. Governor of Shinas 1918, and of Rustaq. He d. September 1942, having had issue, two sons:
        
        (i) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Said, educ. privately. Governor of Sur 1947.
        
        (ii) Sayyid Ahmad bin Hilal Al-Said, educ. privately. He had issue, one son:
        
        1. Sayyid al-Mardas bin Ahmad Al-Said.
      - (b) Sayyida Mansur bin 'Ali Al-Said. b. 1893, educ. privately.
      - (c) Sayyida Saud bin 'Ali Al-Said, educ. privately. Governor of Dhofar to 1940, and Sur 1940-1945. He d. at Muttrah, 2^nd November 1945.
      - (d) Sayyida Badr bin 'Ali Al-Said, educ. privately.
    - (5) Sayyid Saif bin Badr Al-Said al-Ghasham. b. 1861, educ. privately. Governor of Khahurah 1906, of Quryat 1915-1918, of Gwadur 19xx-1915, 1918-1927, Sohar 1927-1930, and Sur 1930-1932. He d. ca. 1932, having had issue, a daughter:
      - (a) Sayyida … bint Saif. m. (first) (div. 1927), Sayyid Salim bin Faisal (b. at Muscat, 1897; d.s.p.), seventh son of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Saidi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE. m. (second) at Muscat, 7^th October 1927, Sayyid Hamad bin Faisal (b. at Muscat, 1893), elder half-brother of her first husband and fifth son of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Saidi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE. She had issue, by her second husband - see below.
    - (6) Sayyida Khula bint Badr Al-Said. m. Sayyid Harub al-Busaidi. She had issue:
      - (a) Sayyid Ahmad bin Harub al-Busaidi. He had issue, a son and a daughter:
        
        (i) Sayyid Saud bin Ahmad al-Busaidi. Urban Dist. Cmsnr. for Zanzibar in 1958. m. Samira bint Seif, educ. at Cairo, Egypt, and the Univ. of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Teacher in mathematics and literature, younger daughter of Sayyid Saif. He had issue, two daughters, including:
        
        1. H.E. Sayyida Dr Rawya bint Saud al-Busaidiyah. Minister for Higher Education in Oman since 2004, when she became the first woman in Arabia to head a government ministry.
        
        (ii) Sayyida Nunu binti Ahmad al-Busaidiyah [H.H. Sultana of Zanzibar]. m. at the Sultan's Palace, Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, as his second wife, H.H. Sultan Sayyid Sir Khalifa II bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCB, GCMG, GBE (b. at Muscat, Oman, 26^th August 1879; d. at the Sultan's Palace, Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 9^th October 1960), only son of Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini, of Muscat, by his wife, Sayyida Turkiya bint Turki, former wife of H.H. Sultan Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCSI, and eldest daughter of H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCSI. She d. at Muscat, Oman, before 2004 - see Tanzania (Zanzibar).
- b) Sayyid Sa'id bin Ahmad Al-Said. He d. before 1907. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- c) Sayyid Sultan bin Ahmad Al-Said. He d. 1874.
- d) Sayyid 'Abid bin Ahmad Al-Said. He d. before 1907
- e) Sayyid Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Said. He d. 1856, having had issue, a son:
  - i) Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Said. He d. 1899.
- f) Sayyid Hamad bin Ahmad Al-Said. He d. 1892.
- g) Sayyid Hilal bin Ahmad Al-Said. b. 1809.
- a) Sayyida Muza bint Ahmad Al-Said. m. Sayyid Saif. She had issue.
2) Sayyid Hamad bin Sa'id Al-Said. Regent for his father 1779. He had issue, four sons:
- a) Sayyid Hamad bin Hamad Al-Said. He had issue, one son:
  - i) Sayyid Hilal bin Hamad Al-Said.
- b) Sayyid Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Said.
- c) Sayyid Abid bin Hamad Al-Said.
- d) Sayyid Nasir bin Hamad Al-Said.
3) Sayyid Hamid bin Sa'id Al-Said, educ. privately. Deposed his father and assumed temporal power, 1786. Ruled from Muscat, while his father remained at Rustaq. He d.v.p. from small-pox, at Muscat, 12^th March 1792 (bur. there on the slope of the central Wadi), having had issue, two sons:
- a) Sayyid Hilal bin Hamid Al-Said. He d. 1868, having had issue, a son:
  - i) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Said. Governor of Sib. He d. 1904, having had issue, one son:
    - (1) Sayyid Hilal bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1885, educ. privately.
- b) Sayyid Hamad bin Hamid Al-Said. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
4) Sayyid Nasir bin Sa'id Al-Said. He d. 1812, having had issue, three sons:
- a) Sayyid Hamad bin Nasir Al-Said. Governor of Sohar 1884 and 1888-1893. He d. 1893.
- b) Sayyid Saif bin Nasir Al-Said. He d. 1896.
- c) Sayyid Ahmed bin Nasir Al-Said.
5) Sayyid Saif bin Sa'id Al-Said. He d. 1809.

1803 - 1804 H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Imam Ahmad, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. b. 1745, fifth son of Sayyid Ahmad bin Sa'id Al-Said, Imam of Oman, by the al-Jabry lady, educ. privately. Resided in exile at Gwadar 1784-1792. Recalled to Muscat following the death of his nephew and installed as Regent by his brother, at Muscat, 18^th March 1792. Removed the capital from Rustaq to Muscat in 1793. Concluded a treaty of friendship, co-operation and trade with the HEIC, 12^th October 1798. Became sole ruler on the death of his grandfather in 1803. m. (first) Sayyida Ghanneyeh binti Saif al-Busaidi (b. 1774; d. before 16^th May 1866), daughter of Sayyid Saif bin Muhammad al-Busaidi. m. (second) a daughter of H.E. Sayyid Suliman bin Hamid al-Busaidi, long time Wazir of Zanzibar. He was k. by pirates off Linjah, Persia, 18^th November 1804 (bur. Lingah), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1) H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman - see below.
2) H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar (s/o Ghanneyeh) - see below.
3) Sayyid Hamid bin Sultan Al-Said. He was k. fighting at Bahrain, June 1816.
1) Sayyida Aisha bint Sultan Al-Said, educ. privately. Assumed the regency on behalf of her younger brother, 31^st July 1806. A formidable woman, who conducted the affairs of government and frequently commanded the troops dressed in male clothing. She d. at Muscat, after 1870.

1804 - 1806 H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. b. at Sumail, 1789, eldest son of H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Imam Ahmad, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father as joint ruler, with his younger brother, Sayyid Sa'id, 18^th November 1804. Reigned under the Regency of his uncle, Sayyid Badr bin Saif until the latter's death, 31^st July 1806. Deposed as joint-ruler by his sister, Sayyida Aisha, who assumed the regency on behalf of their younger brother, Sa'id, 14^th September 1806. He d. from paralysis, at Muscat, before 3^rd May 1821, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1) Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1801, educ. privately. Governor of Muscat and Sohar. Acted as Regent for his uncle Sa'id during his pilgrimages to Mecca in 1824, again in 1829-1830 and 1832. Special envoyt from Sultan Thuwaini to his brother Sultan Majid of Zanzibar 1856-1857. He d. after 1857, having had issue, four sons and two daughters:
- a) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1850, educ. privately. m. Sayyida Sweydu bint Sa'id, daughter of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar. He had issue, a son:
  - i) Sayyid Thabit bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said. b. 1883, educ. privately. m. (first) his cousin, Sayyida Sharifa bint Hamad Al-Said, daughter of Sayyid Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Said. m. (second) Sayyida Sharifa bint 'Ali, youngest daughter of H.H. Sayyid 'Ali I bin Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCSI. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
    - (1) Sayyid Gharib bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said [Sayyid Kahtan]. b. before 1917, educ. privately. He d. 1949. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (2) Sayyid Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said. b. at Zanzibar, 1919, educ. privately. m. 1947, Sayyida 'Aliya bint Farid Al-Said (b. at Zanzibar, 13^th September 1933), daughter of Sayyid Farid bin 'Ali, of Zanzibar. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
      - (a) Sayyid Adli bin Ahmad Al-Said. b. at Zanzibar, 1949, educ. privately.
      - (b) Sayyid Thabit bin Ahmad Al-Said, educ. privately.
      - (a) Sayyida Shireen bint Ahmad [Susan] Al-Said. m. Sayyid 'Umar bin Abbas Al-Said, youngest son of Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Said. She had issue - see above.
    - (1) Sayidda Na'ama bint Thabit Al-Said. b. before 1917. m. as his second wife, Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammad Al-Said, son of Sayyid Muhammad bin Saif Al-Said. She had issue - see above.
    - (2) Sayidda Asila bint Thabit Al-Said. b. 1917. m. as his first wife, Sayyid Muhammad bin Sa'id Al-Said, son of Sayyid Sa'id bin 'Ali Al-Said. She had issue, - see above.
- b) Sayyid Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately. m. Sayyida Zamzan bint Sa'id (d. at Unguja, Zanzibar, 13^th June 1900), daughter of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar, by an Ethiopian suri, Fatala. He d. at Zanzibar, 1899, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - i) Sayyid Salim bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately.
  - ii) Sayyid Humaid bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately.
  - iii) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hamad Al-Said educ. privately. m. Sayyida Nunu bint 'Ali, second daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid 'Ali I bin Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCSI. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Sayyida Athmu bint Hamad Al-Said. m. as his first wife, Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammad Al-Said, son of Sayyid Muhammad bin Saif Al-Said. She had issue, - see above.
  - ii) Sayyida Sharifa bint Hamad Al-Said. m. her first cousin, Sayyid Thabit bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said (b. 1883), second son of Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Muhammad Al-Said. She had issue - see above.
- c) Sayyid Darwish bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, 1893.
- d) Sayyid Sa'id bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- a) Sayyida Thneyu bint Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- b) Sayyida Zuzu bint Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately.
2) Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Said. b. 1818, educ. privately. Governor of Masna'ah in 1854. Rebelled against Sultan Salim in 1867. He had issue, five sons and one daughter:
- a) Sayyid Saif bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately. He d. 22^nd February 1905.
- b) Sayyid Talib bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- c) Sayyid Kindeh bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, 27^th March 1907, having had issue, two sons:
  - i) Sayyid Salim bin Kindeh Al-Said, educ. privately. m. (first) … m. (second) Saida. He had issue, two daughters:
    - (1) Sayyida Nazha bint Salim Al-Said. b. at Zanzibar, 15^th December 1916 (d/o the first wife), educ. privately. m. Sayyid Sa'id bin Khalid Al-Said (d. before 1954), second son of Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar. She had issue, two daughters - see Tanzania (Zanzibar).
    - (2) Sayyida Anisa bint Salim Al-Said. b. at Zanzibar, 9^th February 1938 (d/o Saida), educ. privately. m. (first) at Zanzibar, 1955 (div. at Portsmouth, Hants., 1968), as his first wife, H.M. Sultan Sayyid Jamshid bin 'Abdu'llah, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCMG (b. at Zanzibar, 16^th September 1929), eldest son of H.H. Sultan Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, KBE, CMG, by his wife, H.H. Sayyida Tohfa bint 'Ali, eldest daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid 'Ali II bin Hamud, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies. m. (second) at Portsmouth, Hants., 4^th April 1972, Michael Perkins (formerly Ginns) (b. at Sefton Park, Liverpool, 19^th April 1939), son of Harry Ginns, sometime motor salesman, by his wife, Phyllis Phylenian, née Knight. She had issue, two sons and three daughters by her first husband - see Tanzania (Zanzibar). Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (3) Sayyida Moza bint Salim. b. at Zanzibar, 14^th April 1941 (d/o Saida), educ. privately.
  - ii) Sayyid Sa'id bin Kindeh Al-Said, educ. privately. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Sayyid Kindeh bin Sa'id Al-Said. b. 8^th August 1920. He d. before 1954, having had issue, one son:
      - (a) Sayyid Sa'id bin Kindeh Al-Said. b. 17^th March 1942.
    - (1) Sayyida Nunu bint Sa'id Al-Said, educ. privately. m. Sayyid Qais bin Khalid Al-Said (b. at Zanzibar, 1917), seventh son of Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar. She had issue, - see Tanzania (Zanzibar).
- d) Sayyid Hilal bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- e) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hamad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- f) Sayyid Thanaiyan bin Hamad Al-Said. b. 1883, educ. privately. Settled in Zanzibar.
- a) Sayyida … bint Hamad Al-Said. m. at Muscat, 1873, H.H. Sultan Sayyid Turki bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCSI (b. at Muscat, 1832; d. at Muscat, 4^th June 1888), fifth son of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar, by an Ethiopian suri. She had issue, - see below.
- b) Sayyida Moza bint Hamad Al-Said. m. H.H. Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCMG (b. at Muscat, 1837; d. at the Bait al-Sahel, Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 26^th March 1888, bur. Makusurani Cemetery), tenth surviving son of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar. She d. at Zanzibar, 1918, having had issue - see Zanzibar.
3) Sayyid Sirhan bin Salim Al-Said.
1) Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Said. m. H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies (b. at Muscat, 1821; d. at Sohar, 11^th February 1866), third surviving son of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar. She had issue - see below.

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