Said ibn Ahmad

Said ibn Ahmad ( Arabic سعيد بن أحمد, DMG Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad ; † 1811 ) was the Imam of Oman from 1783 until his death.

The successor to Ahmad ibn Said (Ahmad ibn Sa'îd, 1749–1783) the founder of the Said dynasty was not without controversy, since Ahmad's son Hillal was in what is now Pakistan . Said was elected imam , but he was very unpopular with the people, so that he was replaced by his son Hamad ibn Said (1784–1792) as early as 1784 , who brought large parts of Oman under his control from Muscat . Said (Sa'îd) was able to assert himself in Rustaq, where he claimed the title of Imam of the Ibadites until his death in 1811 .

The conflict was significant in that Hamad subsequently renounced his election as Imam and concentrated entirely on rule over Muscat, the Omani coastal areas and the colonies in Africa (see Zanzibar ). This led to a division of the country into Muscat and the Imamate of Oman, which could not be lifted again until the middle of the 20th century.