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The Al-Busaid Dynasty

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1871 - 1888 H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCSI (1.1.1886). b. at Muscat, 1832, fifth surviving son of H.H. al-Haj Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, by an Ethiopian suri, educ. privately. Governor of Sohar 1854-1868 and of Gwadar 1868-1871. Assumed the leadership of the revolt against Sayyid 'Azzan bin Qais, secured the backing of the Hinawai, the interior tribal leader and the British in 1870, then successfully took battle against his foe, defeating and killing him at Muttrah. Proclaimed on the death of the usurper, 30^th January 1871. Briefly expelled from the capital by his half-brother, Sayyid 'Abdu'l Aziz, but returned and resumed control. He concluded a treaty with the British on 14^th April 1873, in which he engaged to close all public slave markets, protect liberated slaves and declaring that thereafter all persons entering his dominions should be free. m. a daughter of Sayyid Hamad bin Salim, sometime Governor of Masnah. He d. at Muscat, 4^th June 1888, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

1) Sayyid Muhammad bin Turki Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1860 (s/o a suri), educ. privately. Governor of Sohar 1878-1884. Passed over for the succession due to physical incapacity. He had issue, eleven sons and fifteen daughters, including:
- b) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 8^th August 1884 and d. 24^th August 1884.
- c) Sayyid … bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said, educ. privately. He d. 7^th July 1908.
- d) Sayyid … bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said, educ. privately. He d. 3^rd January 1907.
- e) Sayyid Abbas bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1897, educ. privately. m. at Muscat, 21^st September 1940, Sayyida Rahma or Ruma (these are two different daughters of Faisal!) (b. at Muscat), elder daughter of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE. He had issue:
  - i) H.H. Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Abbas Al-Said. He had issue, three sons:
    - (1) H.H. Sayyid Usama bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said.
    - (2) H.H. Sayyid Nabil bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (3) H.H. Sayyid Aadil bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Said.
- f) H.E. Sayyid Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1898, educ. privately. Governor of Muttrah 1935-1937 and of Burka 1940-1943. He d. at Muscat, 28^th July 1947, having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
  - i) Sayyid Kamil bin Mahmud Al-Said.
  - ii) H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Mahmud Al-Said. Judge High Court of Oman.
  - iii) H.H. Sayyid Shakir bin Mahmoud Al-Said.
  - iv) H.H. Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Said, GBE (c 16.3.1982). b. 1944, educ. Saidiyyah Sch., Muscat; Govt. Secondary Sch., Bahrain; Cairo Univ., and Acad. of Arts, The Hague, Netherlands. Dir. of Foreign Affairs 1971, Minister of State 1971-1972, Minister for Information & Culture 1972-1980, Dep. Prime Minister for Legal Affairs 1980, and for the Council of Ministers. Chair. The Higher Cttee. for Conferences. m. H.H. Sayyida Berthe Fahad Al-Said, a former French national. He has issue.
  - i) H.H. Sayyida Hafiza bin Mahmud Al-Said. b. 1948.
- g) H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1899, educ. privately. Kidnapped and ransomed by Bedouin tribesmen in 1925.
- h) Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1899 (full brother of Sayyid Khalid), educ. privately.
- i) Sayyid Hilal bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1902, educ. privately.
- j) Sayyid Zahal bin Muhammad Al-Said. b. 1904, educ. privately.
- k) Sayyid Saud bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately. He had issue:
  - i) H.H. Sayyid Ahmad bin Saud Al-Said. He had issue:
    - (1) H.H. Sayyid Khalid bin Ahmad Al-Said.
  - ii) H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Saud Al-Said. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Sayyida Walyam bin Saud Al-Said. m. at Muscat, H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Abbas Al-Said, second son of Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Said. She had issue, three sons and three daughter daughters - see below.
- l) Sayyid Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Said (full-brother of Sayyid Muhammad), educ. privately. Kidnapped and ransomed by Bedoin tribesmen in 1925. He had issue:
  - i) H.H. Sayyid Ghalib bin Khalid Al-Said.
- m) Sayyid 'Ali bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately.
- n) H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Muhammad Al-Said, educ. privately. He had issue, seven sons and several daughters, including:
  - i) H.H. Sayyid Barghash bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - ii) H.H. Sayyid Ta'aloot bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - iii) H.H. Sayyid 'Ali bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - iv) H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - v) H.H. Sayyid Majid bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - vi) H.H. Sayyid Khalid bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - vii) H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa'id Al-Said
  - i) H.H. Sayyida Shuruk bin Sa'id Al-Said. m. Muscat, 19xx, H.H. Sayyid 'Abdu'l-Rauf bin Abbas Al-Said, third son of Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Said. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see below.
- a) Sayyida Nura bint Muhammad Al-Said. m. Muscat, 1931, H.H. Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Said (b. at Muscat, 13^th November 1913), youngest son of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE, by his wife, H.H. Sayyida Sabah. He had issue, four sons and one daughter - see below. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- b) Sayyida Khula bint Muhammad Al-Said. She d. at Muscat, 19^th December 1940.
2) H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies (s/o an Ethiopian suri) - see below.
3) Sayyid Fahad bin Turki Al-Said (s/o an Ethiopian suri), educ. privately. Governor of Barkah 1860. m. at Zanzibar, December 1892, Sayyida Sharifa binti Barghash, third daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCMG, by his wife, Sayyida Moza bint Hamad Al-Said, daughter of Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Said, sometime Governor of Musnah. He d. (committed suicide) at Muscat, June 1894, having had issue, one son:
- a) Sayyid Dhiyab bin Fahad Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1893, educ. privately. m. at Muscat, 6^th September 1915, Sayyida Shatu' bint Faisal, daughter of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Saidi State of Muscat and Oman, GCIE. He d. in France, October 1945, having had issue, two sons:
  - i) H.H. Sayyid Nadir bin Dhiyab Al-Said.
  - ii) H.H. Sayyid Taimur bin Dhiyab Al-Said.
1) Sayyida Turkiya bint Turki Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 18xx. m. (first) at Zanzibar, November 1873 (div. 1874) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCSI (b. at Muscat, 1857; d.s.p. at the Bait al-Sahel, Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 25^th August 1896, bur. there at the Makusurani Cemetery), fourth son of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, by his wife, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim, daughter of H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies - see Tanzania (Zanzibar). m. (second) 1878, Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini Al-Said, the elder brother of her first husband, and third son of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa'id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. She d. at Zanzibar (bur. Al-Said Cemetery, Makusurani), having had issue, by her second husband - see above.
2) Sayyida ... bint Turki Al-Said. m. Talal bin 'Abdu'llah, Amir of Hail (b. before 9^th October 1820), son of 'Abdu'llah ibn 'Ali ibn Rashid, Amir of Hail, of the Bani Rashid - see Arabia (Hail).

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