OMAN

The Al-Busaid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Sa'id bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies - see below. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
• 2) H.H. Sayyid Majid bin Taimur. b. at Muscat, 1919 (s/o the second wife). Governor of Birkat 1936, 1943-1944, and 1948, and of Muttrah 1939-1943, of Musniah 1948-1953, and of Sur 1953, Assist. Judge High Court 1936-1939. He had issue, three sons:
  • a) H.H. Sayyid Jalandar bin Majid Al-Said. He was k. in a motor accident, having had issue:
    • i) H.H. Sayyid Dr Fahd bin Al Julanda bin Majid Al-Said. Special Adviser to the Sultan.
    • ii) H.H. Sayyid Nazar bin Al Julanda bin Majid Al-Said. First Sec. Washington DC 2002, and Head of Projects and Properties Department and other officials of the Foreign Ministry 2006. m. Sayyida Badria bint Saif al-Busaidi, daughter of Sayyid Saif bin Muhammad al-Busaidi.
  • b) H.H. Sayyid Harub bin Majid Al-Said. He d. young.
  • c) H.H. Sayyid Mansur bin Majid Al-Said. Minister for Heritage & Culture 2004.
• 3) H.H. Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur. b. at Bombay, India, 30^th June 1921 (s/o Kamila), educ. English High Sch., Istanbul, at Frankfurt, Germany, and at the Indian Police Acad., Vellore. Cmsnd. Jemadar Muscat Infantry 1941, attached as 2^nd-Lieut. Zhob Militia, India 4/12/1943, prom. temp. Capt. and served as Adj. Chasai Levy Corps 1944-1945, served in WW2 on the North-West Frontier 1943-1945, Presdt. of the Municipalities of Muscat and Muttrah 1945-1957, liaison officer with the SOMF 1957-1960, Insp. of Governorates 1960-1963, Prime Minister 1970-1971, Chair. Central Bank 1972. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (31.7.1975). m. (first) at Muscat, 11^th October 1941, H.H. Sayyida Shawana Al-Said [Umm Qais], granddaughter of the Governor of Nakbl. m. (second) 19^th June 1946, H.H. Sayyida Shawana bint Nasir Al-Said [Umm Talal], daughter of Sayyid Nasir bin Hamud Al-Said Rathabia, sometime Governor of Luwa. m. (third) Helen (b. Germany). He has issue:
  • a) H.H. Sayyid Talal bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 27^th July 1947 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Talal). m. Tahira, a lady of Turkish origin. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.H. Sayyid Qais bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 20^th January 1952 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais). Counsellor Omani Embassy in London. Presdt. Ghallah Wentworth Golf Club since 1989, Oman Karate-Do Centre, etc. m. H.H. Sayyida Susan Al-Said, an American national, Proprietor of the Bait Muzna Gallery, Mbr. Advisory Brd. of the International Conference on Integrated Value Education, etc. He has issue:
    • i) Sayyida …bint Qais Al-Said. b. 1986.
  • c) Brigadier-General H.H. Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 20^th June 1954 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Talal). Cdr. Armoured Corps until 1993, Sec-Gen. High Committee for Conferences, Personal Representative of HM the Sultan since 1993. Presdt. Oman Equestrian & Camel Fed. (OECF), Chair. Oman Merchant Bank (OMB) since 2007, etc. m. at Muscat, 1978, a daughter of Sayyid Badr bin Sa'id Al-Said. He has issue, a son:
    • i) H.H. Sayyid Taimur bin Asa'ad Al-Said. b. 198x. m. a daughter of Shaikh Mustahail al-Mashani, by his wife, a distant cousin of Sultan Qaboos.
  • d) H.H. Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 13^th October 1954 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais). Under Sec. MOFA 1986-1992, and for Political Affairs 1992-1996, Sec-Gen. MOFA 1996-2002, Minister for Heritage & Culture 2002-2004, Hon. Minister since 2004. Patron-in-Chief of the Oman Cricket Club (OCC), Hon. Life Mbr. Cricket Club of India (CCI) (2004), etc.
  • e) Rear-Admiral H.H. Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 5^th March 1956 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais). Commander of the Royal Oman Navy 1990-2004, Adviser to the Sultan since 2004. Chair. Arabian Maritime & Navigation Aids Services (AMNAS) since 2003, Modern Coll. of Business & Science (MCBS) since 2004, etc. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • f) H.H. Sayyid Adham bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1959 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais).
  • g) H.H. Sayyid Faris bin Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1961 (s/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais).
  • a) H.H. Sayyida Amal bint Tariq Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 18^th November 1950 (d/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Qais).
  • b) H.H. Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq Al-Said [Kamila]. b. at Muscat, 20^th November 1951 (d/o Sayyida Shawana Umm Talal). m. at Muscat, 22^nd March 1976, H.M. Sultan Sayyid Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman and Dependencies, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GCStJ (b. at al-Husn, Salalah, Dhofar, 18^th November 1940), only son of H.H. Sayyid Sa'id bin Taimur al-Wasik Billah al-Majid, Sultan of the Saidi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCMG, GCIE, by his second wife, Mazoon al-Mashani - see below.
• 3) H.H. Sayyid Fahr bin Taimur. b. at Muscat, 1924 (s/o the fourth wife), educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, Prince of Wales's RIMA, Dehra Dun, and Pakistan Military Acad., Kakul. cmsnd 2^nd-Lieut. 2^nd Btn. 10^th Baluch Regt., Pakistan Army, 1948-1949, Instructor at Weapons Training Sch., Quetta and with the 10^th Baluch Regimental Training Centre 1949-1950, transf. Muscat Inf. 1950, served with Muscat Inf. and Oman Gendarmerie 1950-1963, Inspector of Governors, Customs, Communications & Immigration 1963-1967, Special Liaison Officer at the Defence Ministry 1970-1973, Dep. Minister for Security & Defence 1973-1976, Minister for the Interior 1974-1976, and for Youth Affairs 1976-1979, Dep. Prime Minister for Security & Defence 1976-1996. Rcvd: the Order of Oman 1^st class. m. (first) (div.) Noura Al Hinai (m. second, …). m. (second) 1980, Merion Beatrice [Madam Virginia Fahr Al-Said] (b. 19^th November 1941), widow of Major Thomas Peter Anthony Abbot-Davies, elder daughter of Colonel John Francis Williams-Wynne, CBE, DSO, CStJ, of Peniarth, Tywyn, Merioneth, sometime Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd, by his wife, Margaret Gwendolen Hayward, daughter of the Rev. George Eliot Roper. He d. after a long battle against cancer, at Muscat, 2^nd November 1996 (bur. there at the Royal Cemetery), having had issue, one son and three daughters:
  • a) H.H. Sayyid Fatik bin Fahr Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1956 (s/o Noura). Sec-Gen. Ministry of Heritage and Culture since 2005. Chair. Electtroman Co.
  • a) H.H. Sayyida Ghaliya bint Fahr Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1958 (d/o Noura).
  • b) H.H. Sayyida Zawan bint Fahr Al-Said. b. at Muscat, 1962 (d/o Noura), educ. Univ. of London (BA), and Falmouth Sch. of Art and Design (dipl. Broadcasting 1995). Broadcaster with Radio Oman since 1991. He had issue, one son and two daughters (twins).
  • c) H.H. Sayyida Latifah bint Fahr Al-Said. b. 1981 (d/o Virginia), educ. Oman and UK, and at the Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy. Artist. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
• 4) H.H. Sayyid Shabib bin Taimur Al-Said. b. at Bombay, India, 22^nd August 1943 (s/o Nafisa), educ. Grammar Sch., Karachi, Pakistan, Princeton Coll., the Aero and Auto Engineering Coll., Chelsea, London, and Queen Elizabeth Coll., Oxford. Certified Accountant with Hugil, Tingle and Comber in London 1968-1970, Acting Dir. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assist. to the PM 1970-1971, Chargé d'Affaires at London 1971-1972, and Washington DC 1972-1973, Ambassador to Pakistan 1973-1975, and Morocco 1975-1980, Minister of State and Personal Envoy of the Sultan 1981-1983, Asst. to the Chair. of the Cncl. for the Conservation of Environment and Protection against Pollution 1984-1986, Minister of Environment 1983-1990, and for Water Resources 1986-1989, HM's Adviser on Environmental Affairs. Chair. Tawoos LLC and subsidiary companies since 1982, Mbr. Higher Cttee. for Town Planning 1984-1991. Presdt. Oman Equestrian Fdn. 1984. Rcvd: Orders of the Renaissance of Oman 1^st class (16.11.1985), and Sultan Qaboos (4.11.1980), GC of the Orders of Alaoui of Morocco (19.11.1976), the Nile of Egypt (16.2.1982), etc. m. 1966, Amman, née Gerda Verena, from Switzerland. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  • a) H.H. Sayyid Tarik bin Shabib Al-Said. b. 1968, educ. in England (MA Economics and Politics). Chair. The National Hospitality Institute (NHI) SAOG, Patron Environmental Soc. of Oman (ESO), Vice-Chair. Tawoos LLC, Dir. Renaissance Services SAOG, Editor-in-Chief "Oman Economic Review", United Media Services (UMS) since 1988. m. 18^th April 2003, Lamees bint 'Abdu'llah Daar (b. 1979). He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) H.H. Sayyid Azlan bin Tariq Al-Said. b. 9^th October 2007.
    • i) H.H. Sayyida Xara bint Tariq Al-Said. b. 1^st April 2005.
  • b) H.H. Sayyid Taimur bin Shabib Al-Said. b. 1983, educ. in the UK.
  • a) H.H. Sayyida Tania bint Shabib Al-Said. b. 1973, educ. in England (BSc in marine & freshwater biology). Dipl. in early childhood education (American Montessori Soc.). Presdt. Environment Soc. of Oman (ESO). m. 12^th May 2001, Rishi Khimji (b. 1974). She has issue, one son and one daughter.
• 1) H.H. Sayyida Bouthaina bint Taimur. b. at Tokyo, Japan, 1937 (d/o the fifth wife).

• 1) H.M. Sultan Sayyid Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman and Dependencies (s/o Mazoon) - see below.
• 1) H.H. Sayyida Umaima bint Sa'id. b. at al-Husn, Salalah, Dhofar, 1934 (d/o the first wife). She d. at Muscat, 28^th November 2002 (bur. there at the Royal Cemetery).
• 2) H.H. Sayyida Khadija bint Sa'id.

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