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The Al Bu-Said Dynasty
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GENEALOGY
1806 - 1856 H.H. Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi, Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar. b. at Sumail, 5th June 1797), second son of H.H. Sayyid Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman, by his first wife, Sayyida Ghanneyeh bint Saif Al-Busaidiyah, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the death of his father as joint ruler, with his brother Salim, 18th November 1804. Reigned under the Regency of his uncle, Sayyid Badr bin Saif until his death, 31st July 1806. Proclaimed as sole-ruler, under the regency of his sister, Sayyida Aisha, 14th September 1806. Signed the Moresby Treaty with the British in 1822, in which he made the sale of slaves to Christian powers illegal throughout his dominions. Removed his residence to Zanzibar in 1832 (permanently in 1840). Established permanent diplomatic relations with the USA in 1836, and the UK in 1840. Recognised as Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar, by virtue of the Hamerton Treaty of 2nd October 1845, in which he outlawed the export of slaves from his African empire. Rcvd: a Sword of Honour from King George IV (1821), and the Order of the August Portrait (Nishan-i-Tamtal-i-Humayun) of Persia (1856). m. (first) before 1825, H.H. Sayyida Azza bint Saif Al-Busaidiyah (d. at the Bait al-Mtoni, Zanzibar, before 20th July 1860, having had an only daughter who died young), daughter of Sayyid Saif bin Imam Ahmad Al-Sa’id, by his wife, Sayyida Muza bint Ahmad Al-Sa’idiyah , daughter of H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id, sometime Governor of Muscat. m. (second) at Bundar Abbas, 19th July 1827 (nikah) (div. for infidelity 1833), H.R.H. Shahzadi Shahzada Khanum, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Muhammad Husain ‘Ali Mirza, Tau’aman ul-Mulk, Farman Farma, Governor-General of Fars and Governor of the Persian Gulf Ports, by his first wife, Nawab Hajjiya, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan-e Afshar Arumi. m. (third) July 1827 (div.) H.R.H. Shahzadi Shahruzad Khanum (d.s.p. in Persia, 1849), she returned permanently to Iran after Sayyid ‘Sa’id left for Zanzibar in 1832, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Iraj Mirza, Mahabat ul-Mulk, of Persia. He also maintained over seventy-five sarari, including (a) Najm us-Sabah (d. in childbirth, at Muscat, Oman, 1817), an Assyrian lady. m. (b) Khurshid, an Indian lady from Malabar. m. (c) Madina (d.s.p.), a Circassian. m. (d) Sara (d. from smallpox, at the Bait al-Sahel, Stone Town, Unguja, before 1st August 1859), a Circassian. m. (e) Lady Salma [Mama Buana Hamdan], a cousin of Sara, a Circassian. m. (f) Jilfidan (d. from cholera, at the Bait al-Tani, Zanzibar, 1859), daughter of a Circassian farmer and captured in a raid by Albanians. m. (g) Fatala, an Ethiopian. m. (h) Taj, a Georgian. m. (i) Aisha (m. second, ca 1858, Majid, sometime Chief Minister. m. third (?) Shaikh Sulaiman bin ‘Ali Al-Darmaki), a Georgian. m. (j) Nur us-Sabah. m. (k) Fatma (m. second, Shaikh Sulaiman bin ‘Ali Mandhry), a Circassian. He d. on board the Kitorie, off the Seychelles, 19th October 1856 (bur. Makusurani, Zanzibar), having had issue, twenty-two sons and twenty-two daughters (of whom thirty-six children survived his death):
- 1) H.H. Prince Sayyid Hilal bin Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 11th November 1817 (s/o Najm us-Sabah), educ. privately. Mbr of the Council of Regency 1832, Governor of Muscat 1832-1837, and of Burka 1837-1840, Naib in Zanzibar 1840-1844. Disinherited by his father 23rd July 1844. Exiled from all his father’s dominions 1844-1846 during which time he visited England and was a guest of Queen Victoria in September 1845. Exiled from Zanzibar altogether, but allowed to live at Lamu from November 1849. Gained control over the whole Lamu Archipelago, including Pate and Manda, following the assassination of his father’s governor. He d.v.p. from consumption during his pilgrimage to Mecca, at Aden, 10th June 1851 (or 28th September 1851 according to Miles, and also Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1883-84), having had issue, three sons:
- a) H.E. Sayyid Saud bin Hilal Al-Sa’id [Said/Saud/Suud], educ. privately. Vice-Adm of the abortive expedition sent by Thuwaini to wrest Zanzibar from Majid in 1856. Governor of Lamu 1859-1862. He d. at Zanzibar, before 28th November 1862.
- b) Sayyid Faisal bin Hilal Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, 1830, educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, after 1907.
- c) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. Adopted by H.H. Sayyida Azza bint Saif Al-Sa’idiyah . He d. at Zanzibar, after 1907.
- 2) H.H. Prince Sayyid Khalid bin Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 21st October 1819 (s/o Khurshid), educ. privately. Governor of Zanzibar 1828-1854. Appointed Heir Apparent to Zanzibar, 23rd July 1844. He constructed the Hadith Masjid in Stone Town. m. (a) Khurshid (d. from tuberculosis, at Zanzibar, 1854), a Georgian. m. (b) an Ethiopian suri. He d.v.p. from preumonia at Mtoni Palace, Unguja, Zanzibar, 9th March 1855 (or 7th November 1854 according to Miles), having had issue, two daughters:
- a) Sayyida Shambua bint Khalid Al-Sa’idiyah(d/o Khurshid). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Sayyida Farshuu bint Khalid Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Mtoni Palace, Unguja, Zanzibar, ca. 1844 (d/o the Ethiopian lady). She d. unm. from consumption, at Zanzibar, 1867. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 3) H.H. Sayyid Thuwaini bin Al-Sa’idiyah, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. b. at Muscat, Oman, 1821 (s/o a Georgian mother), educ. privately. Appointed Heir Apparent to Oman, 23rd July 1844. m. at Muscat, Oman, 1835, Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Sa’idiyah, daughter of his paternal uncle, H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan Al-Sa’id, sometime joint ruler of Muscat and Oman. He was k. in his sleep by his eldest son at Sohar, following a dispute over the imposition of new taxes, 11th February 1866, having had issue, seven sons and six daughters (see Oman), including:
- a) Sayyid Harub bin Thuwaini. b. at Muscat, Oman, ca. 1849 (s/o Sayyida Ghaliya), educ. privately. m. Sayyida Turkiya bint Turki Al-Sa’idiyah (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 and dependencies, GCSI. He d. before 1907, having had issue, an only son:
- i) Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Sa’id, who succeeded as H.H. Sultan Sayyid Khalifa II bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Sayyida Turkia) – see below.
- b) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies – see below.
- 4) H.E. Muhammad bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 6th August 1826 (s/o an Ethiopian suri), educ. privately. Minister of the Interior and Head of the Civil Administration of Muscat and Oman 1837-1854, Governor of Sumail 1854-1856. A simple man, who dressed in simple clothes, a devout religious scholar throughout his life. m. Sayyida Ziana bint Muhammad Al-Sa’idiyah [Zuzzu], youngest daughter of H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim bin Sultan Al-Sa’id, sometime Regent and Governor of Muscat and Sohar. He d. 1863, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- a) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammad, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies – see below.
- b) Sayyid Hilal bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d. 1886, having had issue, a son:
- i) Sayyid Muhammad bin Hilal Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d. before 1954. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- c) H.E. Sayyid Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. Sometime Minister of State under Sultan ‘Ali II, for whom he acted as Regent during his long and frequent visits abroad 1905-1911. Refused the throne of Zanzibar in December 1911, due to ill health and advancing years.
- a) Sayyida ‘Aliya bint Muhammad Al-Sa’idiyah.
- b) Sayyida Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Sa’idiyah. She d. at Zanzibar, 29th September 1934 .
- 5) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Turki bin Sa’id, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and dependencies (s/o an Ethiopian suri) – Oman.
- 6) H.H. Prince Sayyid Majid bin Sa’id, who succeeded as H.H. Sultan Sayyid Majid bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Sara) – see below.
- 7) A son. b. 1835. He d. at Zanzibar, August 1837.
- 8) Sayyid ‘Ali bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id (s/o an Ethiopian lady, brother of Shawana). He d.v.p. at Zanzibar, before 24th September 1854 (bur. Makusurani).
- 9) Sayyid ‘Abdu’l-Wahhab bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 23rd February 1841 (s/o Aisha, a Georgian suri), educ. privately. A great favourite of Sultan Majid of Zanzibar. Cdr of his troops sent to repel Sayyid Barghash at the Battle of Mechu 1859. He d.s.p. at Siblini, Zanzibar, 3rd August 1866.
- 10) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Barghash bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Fatala) – see below.
- 12) Sayyid Jamshid bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, before 2nd February 1843 (s/o Aisha, a Georgian suri), educ. privately. He d. from smallpox, at Zanzibar, 15th October 1858 (bur. there, at Makusurani).
- 12) Sayyid Hamdan bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at the Bait al-Mtoni, Zanzibar, before 22nd January 1844 (s/o Salma, a Circassian suri), educ. privately. A cripple from birth. He d. from smallpox, at Zanzibar, before 8th November 1858 (bur. there, at Makusurani).
- 13) Sayyid Ghalib bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, before 31st December 1845, as Sayyid Suwaid (s/o an Ethiopian suri), educ. privately. Renamed Ghalib in his late teens (and thus, shown incorrectly as two individuals by Ingram). He d. 5th January 1870.
- 14) Sayyid ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, before 6th Nocember 1850 (s/o Aisha, a Georgian suri), educ. privately. Adopted by his elder sister, Sayyida Khula, as his mother died a few days after his birth. He joined in the rebellion of his brother Barghash against Majid in 1859, exiled to Bombay 1859-1861, pardoned and allowed to return but rebelleled again and deported to Bombay 1865-1867. Exiled from Muscat for similar activities. Seized Gwadur in 1871 but abandoned that place in 1872 and went to Bombay. Returned in 1873 and attempted to recover Gwadur in 1873, but arrested and deported to India. Permitted to return to Oman in 1874 and appointed as Regent for his brother Turki in 1875. He went into rebellion in 1875, and attacked Muscat in 1878, 1883 and 1889. Defeated and exiled to Mekran, in Baluchistan, 1889-1890. He d. at Bombay, India, 12th April 1907, having had issue, two daughters:
- a) Sayyida Maya bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat. Settled in Bombay. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Sayyida Thuraya bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat. Settled in Bombay.
- 15) H.H. Sultan Sayyid Khalifa I bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o an Ethiopian suri) – see below.
- 16) Sayyid Menin bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id [‘Ali Mdogo], who succeeded as H.H. Sultan Sayyid ‘Ali I bin Sa’id, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies (s/o Nur us-Sabah II) – see below.
- 17) Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d.v.p. at Zanzibar, before 1856.
- 18) Sayyid Hamad bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id [a.k.a. Ahmad] (full-brother of Sultan Barghash), educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, before 1888.
- 19) Sayyid Talib bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id (full-brother of Sultan Barghash), educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, before 1888.
- 20) Sayyid ‘Abbas bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id [Shyn], educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, before 1880.
- 21) Sayyid Nasir bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, before 13th September 1855 (s/o an Ethiopian suri), educ. privately. Adopted by his elder sister, Sayyida Khadija bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. He d. at Bombay, while on the pilgrimage to Mecca, 1887.
- 22) Sayyid ‘Abdu’l-Rab bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at the Bait al-Mtoni, Zanzibar, 1855 (s/o an Ethiopian suri, brother of Mutla), educ. privately. He d. at Mizinjany, Malindi, 1888.
- 23) Sayyid Badran bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id. b. at Zanzibar, 1856. m. Sayyida Fatufa [Fracho] (d. at Zanzibar, 16th March 1924. He d. at Mkadini, Zanzibar, 22nd March 1886, having had issue:
- a) Sayyid Majid bin Badran Al-Sa’id, educ. privately. He d. at Zanzibar, before 21st April 1901. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 1) Sayyida Zuwayna bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat (d/o Fatala), educ. privately. m. at the age of twelve years, at Zanzibar, H.E. Sayyid Sa’ud bin ‘Ali Al-Sa’id (k. by Sultan bin Ahmad, at Rustaq, before 21st May 1833, sometime Governor of Birka and of Rustaq, son of H.E. Sayyid ‘Ali bin Saif bin Al-Imam Ahmad Al-Sa’id, sometime Governor of Kilwa. She d. at the Bait al-Mtoni, Zanzibar, aged over 80 years, before 1883, having had issue, a son – see Oman.
- 2) Sayyida Raya bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat (d/o Fatala), educ. privately. m. H.E. Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim Al-Sa’id (b. at Muscat, before 3rd December 1815; d. at Kjonda, Zanzibar, 26th July 1869), sometime Wakil of Muscat and Wali of Muscat and Sohar, eldest son of her paternal uncle, H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan bin Al-Imam Ahmad bin Sa’id, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. She d. at Kinhunda, Zanzibar, aged 90 years, before 1902, having had twelve children (most of whom died young) – see Oman.
- 3) Sayyida Sharifa bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah (d/o a Circassian suri), educ. privately. Avery intelligent lady, who was her father’s constant counsellor and companion, even on his trips abroad. m. a cousin, as his only wife. She d.v.p. at Muscat, Oman, before 1856, having had issue, an only son:
- 4) Sayyida Shaikha bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately. She d. at Stone Town, Zanzibar, before 1902.
- 5) Sayyida Aisha bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 1815 (d/o Nur us-Sabah), educ. privately. The great diplomat and conciliator of the family, who was frequently called upon to patch-up or settle disputes between her brothers. m. Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Sa’id (b. 1818), sometime Governor of Masna’ah, second son of H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. She d. at at Mizinjany, Malindi, 14th April 1886 – see Oman.
- 6) Sayyida Khula Najm al-Subh bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Muscat, Oman, before 1816 (d/o Nur us-Sabah), educ. privately. Welcomed the French RC missionaries to Zanzibar in 1860 and served as their benefactress thereafter. A stunning beauty, who eschewed all offers of marriage to raise her orphan brother. She d.unm. at Zanzibar, before 28th January 1876.
- 7) Sayyida Azza bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately. b. at Muscat, Oman, 1823. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 8) Sayyida Khadija bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at the Bait al-Sahel, Stone Town, Unguja, ca. 1832 (d/o Sara), educ. privately. She d. unm. on the pilgrimage to Mecca, at Medina, Arabia, 1887.
- 9) Sayyida Miya [Meje] bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah (d/o Fatala), educ. privately. She d. unm. at Kibhunda, Malindi, before 26th March 1906.
- 10) Sayyida Zayana bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Zanzibar, 1832 (d/o an Ethiopian suri) (full sister of Zamzam), educ. privately. m. at the age of twelve years, 1844, her cousin, … She d.v.p. at Zanzibar, before 1856.
- 11) Sayyida Zabina bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah.
- 12) Sayyida Shawana bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Zanzibar, 1834 (d/o an Ethiopian suri, sister of ‘Ali), educ. privately.
- 13) Sayyida Zamzan bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Zanzibar, before 16th July 1836 (d/o an Ethiopian suri) (full sister of Zayana), educ. privately. m. at Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 14th March 1865 (on the same day as her sister Mutla), Sayyid Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Busaidi, brother of Sayyid Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Busaidi and son of a cousin of her father, H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Saif bin Muhammad Al-Busaidi, sometime Governor of Zanzibar. She d.s.p. at Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 13th June 1900 – see Oman.
- 14) Sayyida Mutla bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah (d/o an Ethiopian suri, sister of ‘Abdu’l-Rab), educ. privately.
- 15) Sayyida Mahfuza bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Zanzibar, 1840 (d/o an Ethiopian suri, sister of Ghalib), educ. privately. m. at Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, 14th March 1865 (on the same day as her sister Zamzan) (div.), Sayyid Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Busaidi, brother of Sayyid Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Busaidi and son of a cousin of her father, H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Saif bin Muhammad Al-Busaidi, sometime Governor of Zanzibar. She d. at Zanzibar, before 5th July 1894, having had issue, two sons – see Oman. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 16) Sayyida Nunuu bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. b. at Mtoni, Zanzibar (d/o Taj). Born blind, educ. privately. She d. unm.
- 17) Sayyida Salama [Salmé] bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah [Frau. Emily Ruete]. b. at the Bait al-Mtoni, Zanzibar, 30th August 1844 (d/o Jilfidan), educ. privately. She fled to Aden onboard a British warship, received there into the Anglican comunion and baptised with the Christian name of Emily 1st April 1867. Settled in Hamburg with her husband in 1867, and lived at Jaffa and Beirut 1889-1914. She wrote several books about her life, including Memoirs of an Arabian Princess (1888). m. at Christ Church, Aden, 30th May 1867, Rudolph Heinrich Reute (b. at Hamburg, Germany, 10th March 1839; k. there in a tram accident, 6th August 1870, bur. Ohlsdorf Cemetery), Agent for Hansing & Co. at Aden 1855, and head of the firm Koll & Reute, and Reute & Co. in Zanzibar, eldest son of Dr. Phil. Hermann Adolph Reute, by his first wife, Francisca Rosalie, neé Fölsch. She d. from double pneumonia, at No. 4, Gartenstrasse, Jena, Germany, 29th February 1924 (bur. Ohlsdorf Cemetery), having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- a) Heinrich Ruete. b. at Aden, 7th December 1866. He d. there between 1st April and 30th May 1867.
- b) Sayyid Rudolph Sa’id-Ruete. b. at Hamburg, Germany, 13th April 1869, educ. Wilhelmus Gymnasium, Prussian Cadet Sch, Bensberg, near Cologne, Military Cadet Sch, Gross-Lichterfelde, Berlin, and Fu’ad I Univ, Cairo, Egypt. Cmsnd as Ensign Royal Prussian Army 1887, prom 2nd-Lieut Thuringuia Field Artillery Regt 1888, transf 15th Field Artillery Regt, prom Lieut 1898, resigned 1898, Inspector-Gen of Commercial Railways in the Middle East 1899-1900, employed with Egyptian National Bank 1904, Dir Deutschen Orientbank at Cairo 1906-1910, resided in London 1910-1914 & 1919-1938, Switzerland 1914-1919, renounced his German nationality and was naturalised a British subject 26th November 1934. Journalist and author of “Political Correspondence and Peaceable War Essays 1914-1918” (1919), “Sa’id bin Sultan” (1929). Granted the personal title of Sayyid by Sultan Khalifa II of Zanzibar 1932. Rcvd: the Orders of Al-Saidi of Oman 1st class (10.10.1928), Brilliant star of Zanzibar 2nd class (2.7.1929), Lion and Sun of Persia 3rd class (1913), the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 3rd class (1903), and Nobility (Nishan-i-Mejidieh) 4th class (1895) of Turkey, and the Red Eagle of Prussia 4th class (1912). m. at Berlin, Germany, 16th September 1901, Maria Theresa (b. at Cologne, Germany, 3rd April 1872), daughter of Mathissen Mathias, merchant, of Cologne, by his wife, Mathilde, daughter of Meyer Baer Mond, of Ziegenhain, Cassel, paternal grandfather of The Rt Hon Alfred Moritz (Mond), 1st Baron Melchett, PL, DL, FRS, the first Chair of ICI, sometime First Cmsnr of Works and Minister for Health. He d. at Luzern, Switzerland, 1st May 1946, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
- i) Werner Heinrich Mathiessen Said Ruete. b. at Berlin, Germany, 22nd May 1902, educ. Lyceum Alpinum, Zug, Switzerland. Emigrated to the USA in the 1950s and became a naturalized US citizen. m. at West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 15th December 1943, Roslyn Alma Cripe Warner (b. in Indiana, USA, 2nd April 1892; d. at Bel, Los Angeles, USA, 1986), widow of Ellsworth C. Warner, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He d. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 23rd March 1962, having had issue, a son:
- (1) Commander Edward Said Ruete. Cdr US Coast Guard (retd), Coast Guard Research and Development Center Groton, CT 1996, Professor of Computer Information Systems Cape Cod Community Coll 2004. Copyright© Christopher Buyer
- i) Salme Mathilde Benvenuta Olga Said-Ruete. b. at Kensington, London, 8th May 1910. m. 1935, … Humphreys, a British subject.
- a) Antonie Thawka Ruete [Antonie, Frau Brandeis]. b. at Hamburg, Germany 24th March 1868. m. at Berlin, Germany, 1898 (sep. 1923), Eugen Brandeis (b. at Freiburg i. Breisgau, 23rd September 1846; d. at Berlin, 1919), educ. Technical Univ of Karlsruhe, and Albert Ludwigs Univ, Freiburg, Advantageur 5th Baden Infantry Regt 1866, prom 2nd-Lieut Baden Field Artillery 1868, served Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, transf Silesian Foot Artillery Regt 1873, prom First Lieut 1875, à la suite 1876, retd 1877, trader in Haiti 1877-1881, Adstr German Consulate there 1879-1881, railway engineer in Cuba 1880-1884, and the Panama Canal 1884-1885, Adviser to King Tupua Tamasese Titimaea of Samoa 1886-1889, Sec. Jaluit 1890-1892 (actg Sec 1889-1890), Imperial Cmsnr 1892-1893, Judge at Herbertshöhe 1893-1894, served in the Colonial Office in Berlin 1895-1898, Administrator of the Marshall Islands 1900-1906 (actg 1898-1900), retd 1906, rcvd: Knt 1st class with oak cluster of the Order of the Zahringen Lion of Baden (1908, Knt. 2nd class 1870, Cross of Merit 1870), and the Order of the Iron Cross 2nd class (1871) of Prussia. She had issue, two daughters.
- i) Gretchen Brandeis. b. at Apia, Samoa.
- ii) A daughter. m. Dr. von Brandt, of Erlangen Univ.
- b) Rosalie Ghuza Ruete [Frau Rosalie Troemer]. b. at Hamburg, Germany 16th April 1870. m. at Berlin, January 1902, Major-General Martin Troemer, Royal Prussian Army, cdr of a brigade on the Eastern Front 1914. She had issue, two daughters.
- 18) Sayyida Sweydu bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately. m. Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id (b. 1850), of Kwambani, son of Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim Al-Sa’id, sometime Regent or Muscat and Oman. She d. at Mizinjany, Malindi, having had issue, an only daughter, who died young – see Oman.
- 19) Sayyida Ghaluje bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah. m. as his second wife, m. Sayyid Hamad bin Salim Al-Sa’id (b. 1818), sometime Governor of Masna’ah, second son of H.H. Sayyid Salim bin Sultan, Sayyid of Muscat and Oman. She d. at Mizinjany, Malindi, before 1888, having had issue, one son – see Oman.
- 20) Sayyida ... bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah (same as Ghaluje?). m. Sayyid Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Sa’id (d. at Zanzibar, 24th November 1899), younger son of Sayyid Muhammad bin Salim Al-Sa’id, sometime Governor of Muscat and Sohar. She d. at Zanzibar, March 1907, having had issue – see above.
- 21) Sayyida Koddin bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately.
- 22) Sayyida Myra bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately. She d. at Zanzibar, before 1888.
- 23) Sayyida Fatufa bint Sa’id Al-Sa’idiyah, educ. privately.
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