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The Al-Busaid Dynasty

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1856 - 1866 H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. b. at Muscat, before 9^th October 1820, third 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 Khurshid, an Indian suri from Malabar, educ. privately. Governor of Muscat and C-in-C of the forces 1837-1856. Appointed as Heir Apparent to Muscat and Oman, 23^rd July 1844, thereafter styled Prince Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id with the style of His Highness. Succeeded on the death of his father, 19^th October 1856. Confirmed as successor to Muscat and Oman by the terms of the Canning Award, 2^nd April 1861, and thereafter styled Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. A distinguished and successful soldier, idealised by those whom he lead into battle. m. at Muscat, before 30^th April 1835, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Busaidi, daughter of his paternal uncle, 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. He was k. in his sleep by his eldest son following a dispute over the imposition of new taxes, at Sohar Fort, 14^th February 1866 (bur. there), having had issue, seven sons and five daughters:

1) H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies (s/o Sayyida Ghaliya) – see below.
2) Sayyid Muhammad bin Thuwaini. Expelled from Muscat and settled at Qishm in 1876. He d. at Linga, 4^th February 1877.
3) Sayyid Nasir bin Thuwaini. b. 1848, educ. privately. Governor of Gwadur 1869-1871. He d. at Muscat, 19xx.
4) Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, ca. 1849 (s/o Sayyida Ghaliya), educ. privately. m. 1878, Sayyida Turkiya bint Turki Al-Sa’id (bur. Al-Sa’id Cemetery, Makusurani), 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, GCSI. He d. in Oman, before 1893, having had issue, an only son:
- a) Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Sa’id, who became H.H. Sultan Sayyid Khalifa II bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Sayyida Turkia) – see Tanzania (Zanzibar).
5) Sayyid ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Thuwaini Al-Sa’id. b. 1850. Expelled from Muscat and settled at Qishm in 1876. He d. before 1907.
6) Sayyid Hamdan bin Thuwaini Al-Sa’id. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
7) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Ghaliya) – see see Tanzania (Zanzibar).
1) H.H. Sayyida Aliya bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, 18xx. m. at Muscat, 6^th August 1881, as his first wife, H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE (b. at Bombay, India, 4^th June 1864; d. at Muscat, 4^th October 1913), second son of H.H. Sayyid Turki bin Sa’id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCSI. She d. at Muscat, 20^th June 1946, having had issue – see below.
2) Sayyida Thuraya bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id.
3) Sayyida Asila bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id.
4) Sayyida Zewwan bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id.
5) Sayyida Jokha bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id. She d. at Muscat, 11^th August 1912.
One of these daughters. m. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Muhammad Al-Busaidi (b. 1838; k. by a slave in the streets of Muscat, 13^th August 1873), Wazir to Sultan Turki 1871-1873, second son of Admiral H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Suliman Al-Busaidi, sometime Warden of Muscat – see above.

1866 - 1868 H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. b. at Muscat, 1839, eldest son of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, by his wife, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Busaidiyah, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 14^th February 1866. Deposed and exiled to India by his cousin and brother-in-law, Sayyid Azzan, October 1868. Made a bid for the throne in 1875 but was captured and expelled to India where he was kept a prisoner at Hyderabad. m. a daughter of H.E. Sayyid Qais bin ‘Azzan Al-Busaidi, sometime Governor of Sohar and of Rustaq, a great-great-granddaughter of Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id. He d. from small-pox, at the Fort, Hyderabad, Sind, India, 7^th December 1876, having had issue, two sons:

1) Sayyid ‘Ali bin Salim Al-Sa’id. b. 1861. Deported from Zanzibar to Muscat because of his intrigues there, 1898. m. (first) at Zanzibar, before 1890, Sayyida Aliya bint Barghash Al-Sa’id, daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, GCMG, by his wife, Sayyida Moza bint Hamad, daughter of Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Sa’id. m. (second) … He d. at Muscat, 1^st September 1928, having had issue, four sons and four daughters:Copyright©Christopher Buyers

a) Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, ca. 1894 (s/o Aliya), educ. privately. m. Sayyida Zena bint ‘Ali Al-Sa’id, daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid ‘Ali II bin Hamud, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies. He d. at Zanzibar, 1923, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
- i) Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, 1910. He d. of consumption at Muscat, 28^th June 1929.

b) Sayyid Saud bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id.

d) H.E. Sayyid Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, 1923, educ. privately. m. (first) ... m. (second) H.E. Sayyida Aniya bint Sa’id Al-Sa’id (b. 1940), eldest daughter of H.H. Sayyid Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id. He d. in Germany, 21^st March 2007, having had issue, five sons and three daughters:

i) H.E. Sayyid Qais bin Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1955, educ. in India. Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counsellor London 1995, Ambassador to Turkey since 2009 (conc. to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan since 2010), Head of the EU Dept at the MOFA. He has issue, three sons and two daughters:
- (1) H.E. Sayyid Azzan bint Qais Al-Sa’id. b. 1985.
- (2) H.E. Sayyid Talal bin Qais Al-Sa’id. b. 1986.
- (3) H.E. Sayyid Muhannad bin Qais Al-Sa’id. b. 1989.
- (1) H.E. Sayyida Raya bint Qais Al-Sa’id. b. 1984, educ. in Sohar.
- (2) H.E. Sayyida Umayma bint Qais Al-Sa’id. b. 1991.
ii) H.E. Sayyid Jaifar bin Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1958, educ. in Cairo, Egypt (BA). Ambassador to Bahrain, to Belgium and Luxembourg 1996-1997, and to France 1996-2007 (conc to Spain 2001-2007), Head of Western Europe Dept at the MOFA since 2007. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:

(1) H.E. Sayyid Juland bin Jaifar Al-Sa’id. b. 1980, educ. in the US and UK (BSc). Financial analyst at the State General Reserve Fund. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:

(a) H.E. Sayyid Jayfar bin Juland Al-Sa’id. b. 2010.
(b) H.E. Sayyid Taym bin Juland Al-Sa’id. b. 2013.
(a) H.E. Sayyida Taliya bint Juland Al-Sa’id. b. 2009.

(2) H.E. Sayyid Al-Muhana bin Jaifar Al-Sa’id. b. 1987, educ. in Muscat. He has issue two daughters:

(a) H.E. Sayyida Dana bint Al-Muhanna Al-Sa’id. b. 2012.
(b) H.E. Sayyida Asma bint Al-Muhanna Al-Sa’id. b. 2015.

(3) H.E. Sayyid Mazin bin Jaifar Al-Sa’id. b. 1990.
(1) H.E. Sayyida Wisam bint Jaifar Al-Sa’id. b. 1983, educ. in France.
(2) H.E. Sayyida Ghada bint Jaifar Al-Sa’id. b. 1986, educ. in France.

iii) Colonel H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1960. Joined SOO Land Forces, retd as Col, Sec-Gen of the Ministry of Defence Tender Cttee, transf to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Chief of Protocol since 2010. He has issue, four sons and one daughter:
- (1) H.E. Sayyid Khalid bin Muhmmad Al-Sa’id. b. 1992.
- (2) H.E. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Muhmmad Al-Sa’id. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- (3) H.E. Sayyid Faisal bin Muhmmad Al-Sa’id.
- (4) H.E. Sayyid Fahad bin Muhmmad Al-Sa’id.
- (1) H.E. Sayyida Fatma bint Muhmmad Al-Sa’id.
iv) H.E. Sayyid Numeir bin Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1962. Dir of Publication & Printing Dept of the Ministry of Information. Presdt Omani Scholars & Writers Assoc (OSWA) since 2000. He had issue, five sons:

(1) H.E. Sayyid Faris bin Numeir Al-Sa’id.
(2) H.E. Sayyid Majid bin Numeir Al-Sa’id.
(3) H.E. Sayyid Harub bin Numeir Al-Sa’id.
(4) H.E. Sayyid Hussam bin Numeir Al-Sa’id.
(5) H.E. Sayyid Salim bin Numeir Al-Sa’id.

v) H.E. Sayyid Nasir bin Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1967. Employed in the Amiri Diwan. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:

(1) H.E. Sayyid Nadir bin Nasir Al-Sa’id.

i) H.H. Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id (d/o the first wife). m. (div.) H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Saif Al-Sa’id (b. at Zanzibar,11^th February 1949), fourth son of H.H. Sayyid Saif bin Hamud Al-Sa’id, by his second wife, H.H. Sayyida Sharifa bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sa’id, youngest daughter of H.H. Sultan Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalifa, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, KBE, CMG – see below.

ii) H.E. Sayyida Sharifa bint Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. 1970 (twin with her sister Fatima).

a) H.H. Sayyida Fatima bint ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, 4^th May 1891. m. 1904, as his first wife, H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, KCIE, CSI (b. at the Beit al-‘Alam, Muscat, 1886; d. at Bombay, India, early, 1965, bur. at the Royal Cemetery, Muscat), second son of H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE, by his first wife, H.H. Sayyida Aliya bint Thuwaini Al-Sa’id, eldest daughter of H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. She d. at Muscat, April 1967 (bur. there at the Royal Cemetery), having had issue, an only son – see below.

b) Sayyida Khula bint ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. m. at Muscat, 20^th November 1910 (nikah) and 30^th December 1910 (zifaf), H.H. Sayyid Nadir bin Faisal bin Turki Al-Sa’id (b. at Muscat, 1887; d. at Muscat, 1971), sometime Presdt of the Council of Ministers, third son 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, by a former African slave. She had issue – see below.

c) Sayyida Mahfuza bint ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. m. at Muscat, 20^th November 1910 (nikah) and 30^th December 1910 (zifaf), H.H. Sayyid Muhammad bin Faisal bin Turki Al-Sa’id (b. at the Beit al-‘Alam, Muscat, 21^st November 1889; d.v.p. in Dhofar, January 1924), fourth son 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, by a former African slave. She had issue – see below.

d) Sayyida Walyam bint ‘Ali Al-Sa’id. m. H.E. Sayyid Hamud bin Faisal Al-Sa’id (b. at Muscat, 1895; d. at Zanzibar, 8^th March 1949), sometime Governor of Birka and of Gwadur, sixth son of H.H. Sultan al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of the Sa’idi State of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, GCIE, by a lady from the Al-Wahabiya. She d. 1971, having had issue, two sons and one daughter – see below.

2) Sayyid Harib bin Salim Al-Sa’id Al-Sa’id.

1868 - 1871 H.H. Sayyid ‘Azzan bin Qais bin ‘Azzan Al-Busaidi, Imam of Muscat and Oman and dependencies, son of H.E. Sayyid Qais bin ‘Azzan bin Qais bin Imam Ahmad Al-Busaidi, sometime Governor of Sohar and of Rustaq, educ. privately. Governor of Rustaq in succession to his father 1861. Rebelled against Thuwaini with the help and encouragement of the Wahhabis in 1864. Expelled his cousin and brother-in-law and seized power in October 1868. He joined forces with Shaikh Sa’id bin Khalifa of Abu Dhabi, successfully vanquished the Wahabis and recovered Al-Burraimi, 18^th June 1869. Proclaimed the title of Imam, 10^th August 1869. Although accepted by a significant portion of the Hinawai tribe, his subsequent attempts to subdue the interior tribes alienated the Ghafiri clan, who instigated a general revolt against him in 1870. At the same time, the legitimate leader, Sayyid Turki, secured the political and financial support of his relatives in Zanzibar, as well as the British, raised an army of Baluchis and loyalist tribesmen, took up the leadership of the revolt and led it to eventual success in January 1871. m. a daughter of Shaikh Sa’id bin Khalfan Al-Khalili. He was k. in battle with Sayyid Turki, on the ramparts of Matrah, 30^th January 1871, having had issue, three sons:

1) Sayyid Hamud bin ‘Azzan Al-Busaidi. b. 1862 educ. privately. He killed his younger brother and took possession of Rustaq in March 1899. Yielded Rustaq to Sa’id bin Ibrahim and retired to Wadi Ma’awal in 1903. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
2) Sayyid Qais bin ‘Azzan Al-Busaidi. b. 1864 educ. privately. He d. 1926.
3) Sayyid Sa’ud bin ‘Azzan Al-Busaidi. b. 1867 educ. privately. Attacked but failed to take Sohar in 1895. Succeeded his uncle Ibrahim in the possession of Rustaq, after expelling his cousin Sa’id bin Ibrahim, May 1898. He was k. by his brother Hamud, at Al-Batinah Fort, Rustaq, 13^th March 1899 (bur. there).

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