Said bin Taimur
Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1910-1972)
Said bin Taimur (Arabic: سعيد بن تيمور; 13 August 1910 – 19 October 1972) was the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until he was deposed on 23 July 1970 by the British with the help of his son, Qaboos bin Said.
He was a member of the Al Bu Said dynasty who in 1932 became the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, succeeding his father, Sultan Taimur bin Feisal who had abdicated for financial reasons. The 21-year-old Said inherited an administration that was in debt. He consolidated power, with the help of the British, and regained control of the tribal interior, bringing together Muscat and Oman. Once the country was united, Said left the capital of Muscat and resided in a coastal town in Dhofar. Muscat and Oman became fully sovereign and independent states in 1951 with him as ruler.
Early life and education
Said was born in 1910. His father, Sultan Taimur bin Feisal, was strongly against him learning the ways of the Western world and speaking English. When Said was younger, his father found him and his brother Nadir possessing an English primer, and he ordered all their books be burned. He attended Mayo College at Ajmer in Rajputana, India, from 1922–1927 where he mastered English and Urdu.
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