Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said explained

Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said
Consort:yes
Succession:Consort of the Sultan of Oman
Reign:22 March 1976 - 1979
Birth Date:20 November 1951
Birth Place:Muscat, Oman
Full Name:Kamila bint Tariq Al Said
House:Al Bu Sa'id
Father:Tariq bin Taimur
Mother:Shawana bint Nasir
Religion:Ibadi Islam

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

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Montgomery-Massingberd . Hugh . Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume II Africa & the Middle East . 1980 . Burke's Peerage Ltd. . 0-85011-029-7 . 107 . House of Al Bu Said.
  2. Web site: Neubauer . Sigurd . Succession in Oman: Clues But No Clarity . The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington . 17 March 2017.
  3. Book: Nyrop . Richard F. . Area Handbook for the Persian Gulf States . 1977 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 352 .
  4. Book: Peterson . John E. . Oman's Transformation After 1970 . 2024 . Brill . 9-004-69701-2 . 105 .
  5. Book: Pappas Funsch . Linda . Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization . 2015 . Palgrave Macmillan . 978-1-137-50200-1 .
  6. Book: Kéchichian . Joseph A. . A Sultanate that Endures: Oman in the World from Qaboos bin Sa‘id to Haitham bin Tariq . 2023 . Liverpool University Press . 1-837-64399-7 . 470 .