Hamad bin Said (died 13 March 1792) was ruler of

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

, the third of the Al Said dynasty, ruling the country between 1786 and 1792.

Rule

Hamad bin Said was the son of the Imam and Sultan

Said bin Ahmad Said bin Ahmad (died 1803) was briefly the Imam and Sultan of Oman, the second of the Al Said dynasty, ruling the country between 1783 and 1786. Rule Said bin Ahmad was the son of the Imam and Sultan Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi, and was elected Ima ...

, who succeeded to those positions in 1783 on the death of his father,

Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi (1694 – 15 December 1783) was the first ruler of Oman of the Al Said dynasty. He came to power during a period when Oman was divided by civil war, and the Persians had occupied large parts of the country. During his long ...

. Said bin Ahmad was increasingly unpopular. Around the end of 1785 a group of notables elected his brother, Qais bin Ahmad, as Imam. This revolt soon collapsed. In 1786 Hamad bin Said managed to get control of

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is s ...

, with its fortress. One by one the other fortresses in Oman submitted to Hamad. Said no longer had any temporal power. Hamad took the title of ''Sheikh'' and established his court in Muscat. His father, Said bin Ahmad, remained in Rustaq and retained the title of Imam, but this was purely a symbolic religious title that carried no power. Hamad died of smallpox in 1792. He was succeeded by his uncle,

Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan bin Ahmad al Busaidi (died 1804) was the Sultan of Oman, the fourth of the House of Busaid, Busaid dynasty dynasty, ruling the country between 1792 and 1804. Early years Sultan bin Ahmad was the son of the Imam and Sultan Ahmad bin Said al ...

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Citations Sources * * {{authority control 1792 deaths 18th-century Arabs 18th-century Omani people Al Said dynasty Omani imams People from Muscat, Oman Sons of Omani sultans Sultans of Oman Year of birth unknown