Turki bin Said

Sultan of Oman
  • Sayyid Muhammad bin Turki
  • Sayyid Faisal bin Turki
  • Sayyid Fahad bin Turki
  • Sayyid Turkia bint Turki
  • Unnamed daughter
DynastyAl SaidFatherSaid bin SultanMotheran EthiopianReligionIbadi Islam

Turki or Torki bin Said al Busaidi, GCSI (1832 – 4 June 1888) (Arabic: تركي بن سعيد, Balochi: ترکی بن سعید) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 30 January 1871 to 4 June 1888. He was the fifth son of Said bin Sultan. He acceded following his victory over his rival the Imam Azzan bin Qais at the Battle of Dhank.[1] On Turki's death, he was succeeded by his second son, Faisal bin Turki.

Turki had five children:

  1. Sayyid Muhammad bin Turki al-Said (1860–?)
  2. Sayyid Faisal bin Turki al-Said (1864–1913)
  3. Sayyid Fahad bin Turki al-Said (?-1894)
  4. Sayyida Turkia bint Turki al-Said who married a cousin, Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Said
  5. Sayyida (name unknown) bint Turki al-Said, who married Talal bin Abdullah Al Rashid, Emir of Jabal Shammar.

Honours

References

  1. ^ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 729.
  2. ^ "No. 25545". The London Gazette. 1 January 1886. p. 5.

External links

  • Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan of Oman
1871–1888 		Succeeded by


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