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Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Said () (1821 - 1866) also called Tueni, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (October 19, 1856 - February 11, 1866), was the third son of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Said was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from November 20, 1804 to June 4, 1856. He became joint ruler of the country along with his brother Salim on the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in 1804....
. Thuweini was born in Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
, and never visited Zanzibar
Zanzibar

Zanzibar is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25?50 km off the coast of the mainland....
. When his father was away on Zanzibar, Thuweini was his representative in Oman.

Thuwaini was married to his cousin
Cousin couple

A cousin couple is a pair of cousins who are involved in a romantic love or sexual relationship. In some jurisdictions and cultures, cousins are Prohibited degree of kinship each other due to being incestuous....
 Ralie (Ghalia), 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
Majid bin Said of Zanzibar

Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from October 19, 1856 to October 7, 1870.Majid became Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman on the death of his father, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, but his accession was contested....
, took power on Zanzibar.






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Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Said () (1821 - 1866) also called Tueni, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (October 19, 1856 - February 11, 1866), was the third son of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Said was Sultan of Muscat and Oman from November 20, 1804 to June 4, 1856. He became joint ruler of the country along with his brother Salim on the death of his father, Sultan bin Ahmad, in 1804....
. Thuweini was born in Oman
Oman

Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
, and never visited Zanzibar
Zanzibar

Zanzibar is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25?50 km off the coast of the mainland....
. When his father was away on Zanzibar, Thuweini was his representative in Oman.

Thuwaini was married to his cousin
Cousin couple

A cousin couple is a pair of cousins who are involved in a romantic love or sexual relationship. In some jurisdictions and cultures, cousins are Prohibited degree of kinship each other due to being incestuous....
 Ralie (Ghalia), 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
Majid bin Said of Zanzibar

Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid was the first Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from October 19, 1856 to October 7, 1870.Majid became Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman on the death of his father, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, but his accession was contested....
, took power on Zanzibar. Through British
United Kingdom

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 mediation it was agreed that Majid should pay a yearly tribute
Tribute

A tribute is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance....
 to Oman. However, Majid paid this tribute a few years only, 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 killed by his own son
Patricide

Patricide is the act of killing one's father, or a person who kills his or her father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater and the Latin suffix -cida ....
, Salim.

William Gifford Palgrave
William Gifford Palgrave

William Gifford Palgrave was an Arabic language scholar, born at Westminster, England. He was the son of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H. and Elizabeth Turner....
 relates how, when they were shipwrecked in March 1863 on Sowadah Island off Oman, they were very well received and treated by Thuwaini.