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List of Omani royal consorts

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Sayyida Ahad bin Abdullah is the consort of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq

Royal consorts of Oman are women that have been married to the Sultan of Oman. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was unmarried for most of his reign so Oman was without a first lady for over 50 years until the accession of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in 2020. His wife, Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah, is the first royal consort to have an official public role.[1]

Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah has been given the title Arabic: السيّدة الجليلة Al Sayyida Al Jalila which can be translated as The Honourable Lady, The Venerable Lady, or The Great Lady. The title was sometimes applied to Sultan Qaboos' mother, Sayyida Mazoon bint Ahmad, though she had no official role.[2] English language publications often refer to her as the First Lady of Oman while Oman's government entities use The Honourable Lady when communicating in English.[3][4]

Consort of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Aliyah bint Thuwaini Al Bu Said Thuwaini bin Said Al Bu Said 4 October 1913
husband's death
1946[5] Faisal bin Turki
Fatima bint Ali Al Bu Said Ali bin Salim Al Bu Said 4 May 1891[5] 1902 5 October 1913
husband's accession
10 February 1932
husband's abdication
April 1967 Taimur bin Faisal
a Yemeni woman c. 1919[5] 10 February 1932
husband's abdication
Kamile İlgiray 1920 1920
marriage
1921
divorce[6]
a Dhofari woman c. 1924[5] 10 February 1932
husband's abdication
Kiyoko Oyama Kanji Oyama 1916 5 May 1936[7] - - November 1939
Nafisa Bundukji[8] Sadik Hasan Bundukji 1939 (divorced 1940)[5] - - 1965
Fatima bint Ali Al Mashani Ali Fankhar bin Huwayrar Al Mashani 1933 1933
marriage
?
divorce[5]
Said bin Taimur
Mazoon bint Ahmad Al Mashani Ahmad bin Ali Al Mashani 1925 1936 1936
marriage
23 July 1970
husband's deposition
12 August 1992[9]

Consort of the Sultan of Oman

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said Tariq bin Taimur Al Said 20 November 1951[5] 22 March 1976 22 March 1976
marriage
1979
divorce[10]
Qaboos bin Said
Ahad bint Abdullah Al Busaidiyah Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidi 4 April 1970[11] 1989 11 January 2020
husband's accession
Incumbent Haitham bin Tariq

References

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  1. ^ Al Talei, Rafiah (30 April 2021). "Women's Political Representation in Oman: Tepid and Uncommitted Policies". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  2. ^ "The Venerable Lady"... Does Ahad bint Abdullah hold the first title of First Lady in the Gulf?". Raseef22 (in Arabic). 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Egypt: Visit of The Honourable Lady". Foreign Ministry of Oman. 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "The Honourable Lady Receives Spouse of President of Zanzibar". Oman News Agency. Ministry of Information. 12 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1980). "House of Al Bu Said". Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume II Africa & the Middle East. Burke's Peerage Ltd. pp. 101–107. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
  6. ^ Açıkel, Gökhan (10 April 2023). "Türkiye and Oman's Growing Relationship in the First Three Years of Sultan Haitham". Journal of History Culture and Art Research. 12 (1).
  7. ^ Endo, Haruo (2012). Oman and Japan: Unknown Cultural Exchange Between the Two Countries (PDF). Muscat Printing Press. ISBN 978-9948-477-07-5.
  8. ^ Who's Who in the Arab World (18th ed.). Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 695. ISBN 978-3-598-07735-7.
  9. ^ "A quarter of a century after her passing - Who is "Mazoon," the mother of Sultan Qaboos?" (in Arabic). 12 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019.
  10. ^ Neubauer, Sigurd (17 March 2017). "Succession in Oman: Clues But No Clarity". The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
  11. ^ Zein, Hoda (4 April 2024). "On her birthday The Honorable Lady Ahad bint Abdullah, the first advocate for women and family issues". Sayidaty (in Arabic).