Taimur ibn Faisal

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Taimur ibn Faisal ( Arabic تيمور بن فيصل بن تركي, DMG Taimūr b. Faiṣal b. Turkī ; * 1886 in Muscat ; † 1965 in Bombay ) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from October 15, 1913 to February 10, 1932 .

After Taimur had taken over the government of his father Faisal ibn Turki (1888-1913), the clashes between the Hinawi and Ghafiri tribes broke out again. However, the imam Salim bin Rashid al-Kharusi, who was newly elected in 1913, managed to unite the tribes and lead them to fight the sultan. The tribal advance on Muscat (1915) could only be stopped with the help of the British . After lengthy negotiations, the areas of influence of the Sultan and the Imam were defined in the Treaty of Sib in 1920 . The imam recognized Taimur as sultan, but was given extensive autonomy in the interior.

Because of the ongoing financial crisis, Taimur left the government largely to British advisors and increasingly withdrew to India . He stayed only a short time in Muscat and resigned in 1932 in favor of his son Said ibn Taimur (1932-1970). After his resignation, Taimur spent most of his time outside the country (apart from a stay in Muscat in 1945/1946) and died in Bombay in 1965 .

Descendants

Taimur was married to six women and had five sons and one daughter.

  • 1. Woman (⚭ 1904 in Muscat): HH Sultana Sayyida Fatima bint Ali al-Said (born May 4, 1891 in Zanzibar , † April 1967 in Muscat).
The later Sultan Said bin Taimur Al Said (1910–1972) comes from this connection .
  • 2nd wife: an unknown woman from Yemen.
from this connection comes: HH Prince Sayyid Majid bin Taimur al-Said (born October 12, 1912 in Muscat).
  • 3rd wife: an unknown slave from the Dhofar.
from this connection comes: HH Prince Sayyid Fahr bin Taimur al-Said (born January 16, 1920 in Beit al-'Alam , Muscat; † approx. 1996).
  • 4. Woman (⚭ 1920 in Istanbul; divorced in 1921 in Bombay): Kamila Khanum (later took the name Madame Kamile lgiray ).
from this connection comes: HH Prince Sayyid Tarik bin Taimur al-Said (born June 30, 1921 in Bombay ).
  • 5. Woman (⚭ May 5, 1936 in Kobe; divorced): Kiyoko Oyama (* 1916; † October 1939 in Kobe from pyelonephritis ).
from this connection comes: Princess HH Sayyida Buthainah bint Taimur Al Said (born October 10, 1937 in Kobe).
  • 6. Wife (⚭ March 1941 in Bombay, divorced 1943): Sayyida Nafisa Bundukji , daughter of Khan Bahadur Sayyid Sadiq Hasan Bundukji .
from this connection comes: HH Prince Sayyid Shabib bin Taimur al-Said (born August 22, 1943 in Bombay).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to information from the British secret service, she was already dead in 1943 (cf. letter from GCL Crichton of September 24, 1943 in New Delhi to the "Political Resident" Lieutenant Colonel Sir Geoffrey Prior at Camp Shiraz, printed in: Rush, Alan de Lacy : Ruling Families of Arabia: Sultanate of Oman: The Royal Family of Al Bu Sa'id, Vol. 2, Archive Editions, London 1991, p. 234).
  2. ^ Telegram from the "Political Agent" in Muscat of January 8, 1946 to the "Political Resident" in Bushire, printed in: Rush, Alan de Lacy : Ruling Families of Arabia: Sultanate of Oman: The Royal Family of Al Bu Sa'id , Vol. 2, Archive Editions, London 1991, p. 250.
  3. ^ Letter from GCL Crichton dated September 24, 1943 in New Delhi to the "Political Resident" Lieutenant Colonel Sir Geoffrey Prior at Camp Shiraz, reprinted in: Rush, Alan de Lacy : Ruling Families of Arabia: Sultanate of Oman: The Royal Family of Al Bu Sa'id, Vol. 2, Archive Editions, London 1991, p. 234.
personal data
SURNAME Taimur ibn Faisal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1913–1932)
DATE OF BIRTH 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Muscat
DATE OF DEATH 1965
Place of death Bombay