The Most Famous
NOBLEMEN from Oman
This page contains a list of the greatest Omani Noblemen. The pantheon dataset contains 1,415 Noblemen, 1 of which were born in Oman. This makes Oman the birth place of the 62nd most number of Noblemen behind Albania, and Saudi Arabia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Omani Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Omani Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Thuwaini bin Said (1820 - 1866)
With an HPI of 58.44, Thuwaini bin Said is the most famous Omani Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Thuwaini bin Said al-Busaidi (Arabic: ثويني بن سعيد ال سعيد, Sayyid Ṯuwaynī bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd) (1821–1866) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman (19 October 1856 – 11 February 1866) and the third son of Said bin Sultan. Thuwaini was born in Oman, and never visited Zanzibar. When his father was away in Zanzibar, Thuwaini was his representative in Oman. Thuwaini was married to his cousin Ralie (Sayyida Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Busaidiyah), daughter of his father's elder brother Salim Ibn Sultan. They had several children. After the death of Said bin Sultan on Zanzibar in 1856, Thuwaini became Sultan of Muscat and Oman, while his brother, the sixth son, Majid, took power on Zanzibar. Through British mediation, it was agreed that Majid should pay a yearly tribute to Oman. However, Majid paid this tribute for only a few years, and when he stopped, Thuwaini was in no position to enforce payment from the much wealthier Zanzibar. This left Muscat and Oman in a difficult financial situation. Thuwaini was forced to levy duties on various articles, creating malcontent. In 1866 he was rumored to have been killed by his own son, Sayyid Salim bin Thuwaini. The Arabist scholar and traveller William Gifford Palgrave relates how, when they were shipwrecked in March 1863 on Sowadah Island just off Oman, they were very well received and treated by Thuwaini.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Omani noblemen born between 1820 and 1820. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Omani noblemen include Thuwaini bin Said. As of April 2024, 1 new Omani noblemen have been added to Pantheon including Thuwaini bin Said.
