Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said
Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said
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| Consort of the Sultan of Oman | |||||
| Tenure | 22 March 1976 - 1979 | ||||
| Born | 20 November 1951 Muscat, Oman | ||||
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| House | Al Bu Sa'id | ||||
| Father | Tariq bin Taimur | ||||
| Mother | Shawana bint Nasir | ||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | ||||
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Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
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Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said (Arabic: نوال بنت طارق آل سعيد; born 20 November 1951) is a member of the Omani royal family. She is the ex-wife of Sultan Qaboos bin Said and the sister of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.
Early life
[edit]Sayyida Nawwal was born on 20 November 1951 to Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur Al Said, the prime minister of Oman, and his second wife, Sayyida Shawana bint Nasir Al Busaidiyah.[1] She has eight siblings including Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq, and Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq.[2]
She completed her education in Geneva before returning to Oman.[3]
Marriages
[edit]On 22 March 1976, Sayyida Nawwal married her first cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. She took the name Kamila at the time of her marriage which was also the name of her paternal grandmother.[4] The marriage ended in divorce in 1979 with no issue.[5] She remarried in 2005 while Sultan Qaboos remained unmarried.[6]
Title and style
[edit]- 20 November 1951 – present: Her Highness Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said
References
[edit]- ^ 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. p. 107. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
- ^ Neubauer, Sigurd (17 March 2017). "Succession in Oman: Clues But No Clarity". The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
- ^ Nyrop, Richard F. (1977). Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 352.
- ^ Peterson, John E. (2024). Oman's Transformation After 1970. Brill. p. 105. ISBN 978-9-004-69701-0.
- ^ Pappas Funsch, Linda (2015). Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-50200-1.
- ^ Kéchichian, Joseph A. (2023). A Sultanate that Endures: Oman in the World from Qaboos bin Sa'id to Haitham bin Tariq. Liverpool University Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-1-837-64399-8.