OMAN
The Al-Busaid Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1871 - 1888 H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Sa’id bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCSI (1.1.1886). b. at Muscat, before 1st June 1832, fifth surviving son of H.H. Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi Al-Yemeni Al-‘Omani Al-Azdi, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar, by an Ethiopian suri, educ. privately. Governor of Sohar 1854-1868 and of Gwadur 1868-1871. Assumed the leadership of the revolt against Sayyid ‘Azzan bin Qais Al-Said, 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, 30th January 1871. Briefly expelled from the capital by his half-brother, Sayyid ‘Abdu’l Aziz Al-Said, but returned and resumed control very shortly afterwards. He concluded a treaty with the British on 14th 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 H.E. Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Busaidi, sometime Governor of Masnah. He d. at Muscat, 5th June 1888 (bur. there), having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
- 1) H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Turki Al-Sa’id. 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 d. at Muscat, before 16th June 1919, having had issue, eleven sons and fifteen daughters, including:
- a) Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 8th August 1884 and d. 24th August 1884.
- b) Sayyid ... bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d. 7th July 1908.
- c) Sayyid ... bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d. 3rd January 1907.
- d) Sayyid Abbas bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1897, educ. privately. m. at Muscat, 21st September 1940, Sayyida Rahma (or Ruma) bint Faisal Al-Sa’id (b. at Muscat), daughter of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE. He had issue:
- i) H.E. Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Abbas Al-Sa’id. He had issue, three sons:
- (1) H.E. Sayyid Usama bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sa’id.Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- (2) H.E. Sayyid Nabil bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sa’id.
- (3) H.E. Sayyid Aadil bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sa’id.
- i) H.E. Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Abbas Al-Sa’id. He had issue, three sons:
- e) H.E. Sayyid Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1898, educ. privately. Governor of Matrah 1935-1937 and of Birka 1940-1943. m. (first) a daughter of H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE. m. (second) a lady from the Al-Mashra tribe. He d. at Muscat, 28th July 1947, having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- i) H.H. Sayyid Shakir bin Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. He opposed the presence of British advisers and claimed Sohar as his fief, for which and other misdemeanours he was restricted to his own residence. m. an Indian lady, late in life, while undergoing medical treatment in India.
- ii) H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. State Counselor for Criminal Affairs 1981, Presdt Magistrates Court, Judge of the High Court of Oman, State Adviser for Religious Affairs 1993, and later for Penal Affairs. Dir Al Turki Enterprises LLC (ATE). Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (23.11.2010). He d. 4th December 2017, having had issue, four sons and two daughters:
- (1) H.H. Sayyid Marwan bin Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. Dir of Economic Affairs.Joined Ministry of National Economy, Dir of Economic Affairs in Secretariat of Higher Planning Council 2011, Dir-Gen Developmental Research & Studies Inst, Governor of Dhofar and Chair Dhofar Municipal Council since 2022, Minister of State. Chair National Cttee to Combat Money Laundering & Terrorism Financing (NCCMLTF). Chair Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Co SAOG since 2012. Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (18.11.2024). m. at Clark, Nevada, USA, 20th April 1997, Ebru Kahyaoglu (b. 15th May 1975), a Turkish national.
- (2) H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia 2020-2024, Permanent Representative Org for Islamic Co-operation (OIC) since 2020, and Digital Co-operation Org (DCO) since 2024.
- (3) H.H. Dr Sayyid Faris bin Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. Assist Professor at Sultan Qaboos Univ.
- (4) H.H. Dr Sayyid Adham bin Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. Chair Centre for the Protection of Competition & Prevention of Monopolies, Assist Professor at Sultan Qaboos Univ.
- (1) H.H. Dr Sayyida Taghrid bint Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id, educ. Univ of South Wales (PhD), Cardiff, Wales. Assist Professor Dept of Psychology in the Coll of Education of Sultan Qaboos Univ since 2020.
- (2) H.H. Dr Sayyida Amal bint Turki bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id.
- iii) H.H. Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, GCMG (26.11.2010), GBE (c 16.3.1982). b. at Muscat, 5th October 1940 (s/o the Al-Mashra lady), educ. Sa’idiyyah Sch, Muscat, Govt Secondary Sch, Bahrain, Cairo Univ (B.Econ. 1965, Cairo, Egypt, the Univ of Paris Sorbonne (Pol. Sci. 1969), Paris, France, and the Royal Acad of Arts (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands. Dir of Foreign Affairs 1971, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1971-1973, Minister for Information & Culture 1973-1979, Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs 1979-1994, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers 1994. Chair The GCC Higher Cttee for Conferences, Council of Sultan Qaboos Univ, and the Higher Cttees of the Royal Opera House Muscat 2010-2026, and for the 5-Year Development Plans. Proprietor of Château de Montchaude, Charente, France 1986-2013. Rcvd: the Orders of the Renaissance of Oman, and Al-Russoukh 1st class (23.11.2010), GC of the Order of the Nile of Egypt (16.2.1982), the Orders of the King ‘Abdu’l Aziz 1st class of Saudi Arabia (24.12.2006), and Nila Utama 1st class of Singapore (12.3.2009), and the Grand Decoration of Honour for Merit of Austria (31.3.2001), etc. m. H.H. Sayyida Berthe Fahad Al-Sa’id, nutritionist and health adviser, a former French national. He d. at Muscat, 12th March 2026, having had issue, a son and three daugters:
- (1) H.H. Dr Kamil bin Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. b. 22nd October 1980, educ. The Sultan’s Sch, Muscat, he Royal Holloway Univ of London (BSc Econ 2004), Sch of Oriental & African Studies (MSc 2005), London, Univ of Strathclyde (MBA2013), Glasgow, Scotland, and King’s Coll, London (PhD). Intern with Standard Chartered Bank, London 2003 & 2004, and World Trade Org (WTO), Geneva 2005, Assist Under Sec-Gen Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs 2006-2022, Sec-Gen General Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers since 2022. Author of “Royal Opera House Muscat” (2013). Patron of the Oman Road Safety Assoc 2010-2014. Dir Royal Opera House Muscat since 2011. Mbr Steering Cttee for Peaceful Nuclear Technology since 2006, and the Supreme Cttees of Royal Opera House Muscat since 2006, and Satellite Project 2021-2022. Rcvd: the Order of Al-Russoukh 2nd class (17.11.2025), Knt of the Order of the Star of Italy (15.12.2023). m. 20th September 2011, Sayyida Rania bint Mazen Al-Emad. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:
- (a) H.H. Sayyid Fahad bin Kamil bin Fahad Al-Sa’id. b. 2014.
- (b) H.H. Sayyid Nabil bin Kamil bin Fahad Al-Sa’id. b. 2017.
- (c) H.H. Sayyid Majid bin Kamil bin Fahad Al-Sa’id. b. 4th September 2019.
- (a) H.H. Sayyida Malak bint Kamil bin Fahad Al-Sa’id. b. 12th June 2012.
- (1) H.H. Sayyida Dr Muna bint Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. Assist to Vice-Chancellor Sultan Qaboos Univ (SQU) for External Cooperation. Presdt Children First Soc. Vice-Chair Brd of Trustees of National Museum of Oman. Patron of the Assoc for the Awareness of Cancer. Founder Children’s Public Library Oman. Hon Professor Moscow Lomonosov State Univ 2026.
- (2) H.H. Sayyida Nadia bint Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id.
- (3) H.H. Sayyida Lubna bint Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id.
- (1) H.H. Dr Kamil bin Fahad bin Mahmud Al-Sa’id. b. 22nd October 1980, educ. The Sultan’s Sch, Muscat, he Royal Holloway Univ of London (BSc Econ 2004), Sch of Oriental & African Studies (MSc 2005), London, Univ of Strathclyde (MBA2013), Glasgow, Scotland, and King’s Coll, London (PhD). Intern with Standard Chartered Bank, London 2003 & 2004, and World Trade Org (WTO), Geneva 2005, Assist Under Sec-Gen Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs 2006-2022, Sec-Gen General Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers since 2022. Author of “Royal Opera House Muscat” (2013). Patron of the Oman Road Safety Assoc 2010-2014. Dir Royal Opera House Muscat since 2011. Mbr Steering Cttee for Peaceful Nuclear Technology since 2006, and the Supreme Cttees of Royal Opera House Muscat since 2006, and Satellite Project 2021-2022. Rcvd: the Order of Al-Russoukh 2nd class (17.11.2025), Knt of the Order of the Star of Italy (15.12.2023). m. 20th September 2011, Sayyida Rania bint Mazen Al-Emad. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:
- iv) H.H. Sayyid Kamil bin Mahmud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- i) H.H. Sayyida Hafiza bint Mahmud Al-Sa’id. b. 1948. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- f) H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1899, educ. privately. Kidnapped and ransomed by Bedouin tribesmen in 1925.
- g) Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1899 (full brother of Sayyid Khalid), educ. privately.
- h) Sayyid Hilal bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1902, educ. privately.
- i) Sayyid Saud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1903, educ. privately. He d. at St Marylebone, Middlesex, London, Oct-Dec 1973, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- i) H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Saud Al-Sa’id. He had issue:
- (1) H.E. Sayyid Khalid bin Ahmad Al-Sa’id.
- ii) H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Saud Al-Sa’id.
- i) Sayyida Walyam bin Saud Al-Sa’id. m. at Muscat, H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Abbas Al-Sa’id, second son of H.H. Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Sa’id, sometime Presdt Muscat Municipality and Ambassador to India. She had issue, three sons and three daughters – see below.
- i) H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Saud Al-Sa’id. He had issue:
- j) Sayyid Zahil bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1904, educ. privately.
- k) Sayyid Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id (full-brother of Sayyid Muhammad), educ. privately. Kidnapped and ransomed by Bedouin tribesmen in 1925. He had issue:
- i) H.E. Sayyid Ghalib bin Khalid Al-Sa’id. Dir-Gen of Posts & Telegraphs 1984. Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (23.11.2010). He had issue:
- (1) H.E. Sayyid Khattab bin Ghalib bin Khalid Al-Sa’id. Mbr Royal Omani Amateur Radio Soc.
- i) H.E. Sayyid Ghalib bin Khalid Al-Sa’id. Dir-Gen of Posts & Telegraphs 1984. Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (23.11.2010). He had issue:
- l) Sayyid ‘Ali bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- m) H.H. Sayyid Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He had issue, seven sons and several daughters, including:
- i) H.H. Sayyid Barghash bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1947. Deputy Governor of Muscat 1989-1997, Special Representative of the Sultan for seven years. Chair Majan Consolidated LLC, Hadid Majan LLC, Time Travel & Tourism (TTT), etc. Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (23.11.2010).He had issue:
- (1) H.H. Sayyid Nawaf bin Barghash bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id.
- ii) H.H. Sayyid Ta’alut bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. Employed in the Royal Diwan.
- iii) H.H. Sayyid ‘Ali bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- iv) H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- v) H.H. Sayyid Majid bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- vi) H.H. Sayyid Khalid bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- vii) H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id.
- i) H.H. Sayyida Aniya bint Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1940. m. Muscat, 19xx, H.H. Sayyid Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id (b. at Muscat, 1923; d. at Muscat, 21st March 2007), youngest son of Sayyid ‘Ali bin Salim Al-Sa’id. She had issue, five sons and three daughters – see above.
- ii) H.H. Sayyida Shuruq bint Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. m. Muscat, 19xx, H.H. Sayyid ‘Abdu’l-Rauf bin Abbas Al-Sa’id, third son of H.H. Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Sa’id, sometime Presdt Muscat Municipality and Ambassador to India. She had issue, three sons and one daughter – see below.
- a) H.H. Sayyida Nura bint Muhammad Al-Sa’id. m. Muscat, 1931, H.H. Sayyid Abbas bin Faisal Al-Sa’id (b. posthumously at the Beit al-‘Alam, Muscat, 13th November 1913; d. 1989), sometime Presdt Muscat Municipality and Ambassador to India, youngest son of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE, by his fifth wife, H.H. Sayyida Sabah. He had issue, four sons and one daughter – see below.
- b) Sayyida Khula bint Muhammad Al-Sa’id. She d. at Muscat, 19th December 1940. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- i) H.H. Sayyid Barghash bin Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. 1947. Deputy Governor of Muscat 1989-1997, Special Representative of the Sultan for seven years. Chair Majan Consolidated LLC, Hadid Majan LLC, Time Travel & Tourism (TTT), etc. Rcvd: the Civil Order of Oman 2nd class (23.11.2010).He had issue:
- 2) H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies (s/o an Ethiopian suri) – see below.
- 3) H.E. Sayyid Fahad bin Turki Al-Sa’id (s/o an Ethiopian suri), educ. privately. Governor of Birka 1890. m. at Zanzibar, December 1892, Sayyida Sharifa bint Barghash, third daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCMG, by his wife, Sayyida Moza bint Hamad Al-Sa’id, daughter of H.E. Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Sa’id, sometime Governor of Musnah. He d. by suicide, at Muscat, June 1894, having had issue, one son:
- a) H.E. Sayyid Dhiyab bin Fahad bin Turki Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, 1893, educ. privately. Mbr Council of State 1913. Settled in Paris, France. Arrested by the Germans following the occupation of France. m. at Muscat, 6th September 1915, Sayyida Shatu bint Faisal Al-Sa’id (d. 27th February 1949), daughter of H.H. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman, GCIE. He d. at Bobigny Hospital, Paris, France, 30th January 1945, having had issue, two sons by his wife:
- i) H.E. Sayyid Nadir bin Dhiyab Al-Sa’id.
- ii) H.E. Sayyid Taimur bin Dhiyab Al-Sa’id.
- Sayyid Dhiyab bin Fahad Al-Sa’id, also left two illegitimate children by Gertrud Mallenberg, a German national, fate unknown.
- 1) Sayyida Walyam bint Turki Al-Al-Sa’id. She d. suddenly at Muscat, 14th November 1931.
- 2) Sayyida Turkiya bint Turki Al-Sa’id. 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, 25th August 1896, bur. there at Al-Sa’id Cemetery, Makusurani), seventh and youngest son of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, by his wife, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Sa‘id, daughter of H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi Al-Yemeni Al-‘Omani Al-Azdi, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman – see Zanzibar. m. (second) 1878, Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini Al-Sa’id (d. in Oman, before 1893), the elder brother of her first husband, and fourth son of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, by his wife, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Sa‘id, daughter of H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi Al-Yemeni Al-‘Omani Al-Azdi, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. She d. at Zanzibar (bur. Al-Sa’id Cemetery, Makusurani), having had issue and only son by her second husband – see above.
- 3) Sayyida ... bint Turki Al-Sa’id. m. Amir Talal bin ‘Abdu’llah, Amir of Hail (b. before 9th October 1820), son of Amir ‘Abdu’llah ibn ‘Ali ibn Rashid, Amir of Hail, of the Bani Rashid.
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