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Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

1797 - 1856

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Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi (Arabic: سعيد بن سلطان, Saʿīd bin Sulṭān, Swahili: Saïd bin Sultani) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Busaid dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule began after a period of conflict and internecine rivalry of succession that followed the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in November 1804. He is often referred to as the Lion of Oman (أسد عمان), as one of the greatest Omani sultans.Said's uncle Qais bin Ahmad finally agreed to Said's primacy after Said had killed his cousin, Badr bin Saif, a pretender to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman has received more than 247,739 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman is the 6,772nd most popular politician (down from 6,416th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Oman and the 4th most popular Omani Politician.

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  • 21

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman ranks 6,772 out of 15,577Before him are Cleph, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, and Konstantin Pobedonostsev. After him are Lucius Verginius Rufus, Aristobulus II, Yoshihiko Noda, Shi Le, Abul Khair Khan, and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman ranks 31Before him are Carl Gustaf Mosander, Carlo Blasis, Sojourner Truth, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Giuditta Pasta, and Kamehameha II. After him are Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Wilhelm Beer, Antonio Rosmini, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, and Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Among people deceased in 1856, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman ranks 19Before him are 11th Dalai Lama, Théodore Chassériau, Farkas Bolyai, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Augustin Thierry, David d'Angers, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Pyotr Chaadayev, and Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen.

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In Oman

Among people born in Oman, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman ranks 4 out of 12Before him are Qaboos bin Said al Said (1940), Haitham bin Tariq (1955), and Said bin Taimur (1910). After him are Taimur bin Feisal (1886), Isla Fisher (1976), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Ali Al-Habsi (1981), Jokha Alharthi (1978), Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985), Amad Al-Hosni (1984), and Sneha Ullal (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In Oman

Among politicians born in Oman, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman ranks 4Before him are Qaboos bin Said al Said (1940), Haitham bin Tariq (1955), and Said bin Taimur (1910). After him are Taimur bin Feisal (1886) and Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857).