Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore ( 1897 )

In 1886 Said Ali bin Said Omar, Sultan of Bambao, signed an agreement with the French government that allowed France to establish a protectorate over the entire island of Ngazidja ( Grande Comore ; protectorates were also established over Ndzwani ( Anjouan ), and Mwali ( Mohéli island in French ) the same year.

In 1865 or 1866 Sultan Majid bin Said of Zanzibar began building a new city very close to Mzizima and named it Dar es Salaam.

* 1970 – Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms ; modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.

* 1940 – Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman

The death of Sa ' id bin Sultan in 1856 prompted a further division: the descendants of the late sultan ruled Muscat and Oman ( Thuwaini ibn Said Al-Busaid, r. 1856 – 1866 ) and Zanzibar ( Mayid ibn Said Al-Busaid, r. 1856 – 1870 ); the Qais branch intermittently allied itself with the ulama to restore imamate legitimacy.

In 1970, Qaboos bin Said Al Said ousted his father, Sa ' id bin Taymur, who later died in exile in London.

* Said bin Sultan ( November 20, 1804 – June 4, 1856 ) – ( Sultan of Zanzibar and Oman )

* Thuwaini bin Said ( October 19, 1856 – February 11, 1866 )

* Turki bin Said ( January 30, 1871 – June 4, 1888 )

* Said bin Taimur ( February 10, 1932 – July 23, 1970 )

When Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed power in 1970, Oman had limited contacts with the outside world, including neighbouring Arab states.

Its capital, Salalah, was the permanent residence of Sultan Said ibn Taimur Al Said and the birthplace of the present sultan, Qabus ibn Said.

** Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, is deposed in a palace coup by his son, Qaboos.

In the Middle East, faced by the 1958 collapse of the Baghdad Pact and the spread of Soviet influence, Macmillan acted decisively to restore the confidence of Persian Gulf allies, using the Royal Air Force and special forces to defeat a revolt backed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt against the Sultan of Oman, Said bin Taimur, in July 1957, deploying airborne battalions to defend Jordan against Syrian subversion in July 1958, and deterring a threatened Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by landing a brigade group in July 1960.

As sultan, oil wealth would have allowed Sultan Said bin Taimur to modernize his country, and, in fact, he secured British recognition of its independence in 1951.

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* Said Bin Taimur ( 1910 – 1972 ), Sultan of Muscat and Oman 1932 – 1970

He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup in 1970.

He is the only son of Sultan Said bin Taimur and princess Mazoon al-Mashani.

His son, Taimur bin Faisal, received the KCIE in 1926 and his grandson, Said bin Taimur, received the GCIE in 1945.

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Twelve years later, however, when geologists began intensively searching for oil in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Oman's Sultan Said bin Taimur granted a 75-year concession to the Iraq Petroleum Company ( IPC ).

The school has educated two Sultans of Oman, one of which is the current Sultan's father-Sayyid Said bin Taimur and the Late Princess Shruti of Nepal.

In 1932-1970 Salalah was the capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, under Said bin Taimur.

Prior to 1954, when Said bin Taimur became ruler of Muscat and Oman, the defence of the region was guaranteed by treaties with Britain.

When Sultan Taimur ibn Faisal abdicated for financial reasons in 1932, the twenty-two-year-old Said ibn Taimur inherited an administration that was in debt.

A United States Department of State bulletin on the sultan of Muscat and Oman in February 1938 describes the situation in which Sultan Said ibn Taimur found himself after assuming power: " The young Sultan found the country practically bankrupt and his troubles were further complicated by tribal unrest and conspiracy by certain of his uncles, one of whom immediately profited by the occasion to set up an independent regime.

Boosted by Top of the Pops performances on 6 February and 13 March 1975, " Please Tell Him That I Said Hello " rose to a # 8 peak on the UK chart.

Publicity shot for Never Mind the Buzzcocks, episode aired on 13 March 2005 Front row: Phill Jupitus ( team captain ), Mark Lamarr ( presenter ) and Bill Bailey ( team captain ) Back row: Emma Griffiths, Magne Furuholmen ( a-ha ), Terri Walker and Richard Fairbrass ( Right Said Fred )

On December 13, 2004, Arif's daughter, Sana Abdul Salam, and her husband, Wamith Abdul Razzak Said Alkadiry, were shot dead in their home in Baghdad by unknown assailants.

Said Football Outsiders about Davis's 1999 season, " Stephen Davis was just a monster in 1999 with 1407 yards ( second in the league ) and 17 touchdowns ( nobody else scored more than 13 ).

* Interview with John Markoff about What the Dormouse Said, April 13, 2006 ( audio )

Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, ( or Chalîfe ) ( 1852-February 13, 1890 ) () was the third Sultan of Zanzibar.

He ruled Zanzibar from March 26, 1888 to February 13, 1890 and was succeeded by his brother, Ali bin Said.

* 13 June 1888-1890: His Highness Sultan Sayyid Sir Khalifa I bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, GCMG

* 13 February-8 November 1890: His Highness Sultan Sayyid Ali I bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar

On 13 June 2008 Mauritania hosted Ethiopia at the Stade Nacional and lost 1-0 after an injury-time winner from Saladin Said.

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The tragedy was commemorated in a number of reggae songs and poems at the time, including Johnny Osbourne ’ s " 13 Dead and Nothing Said ", Benjamin Zephaniah ’ s " 13 Dead " and Linton Kwesi Johnson ’ s " New Crass Massakkah ".

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Current ringers Fellows, Said, and Pruett had combined for 13 Top 10 finishes in their 35 career road course starts ( as of 2007 ).

* “ Edward Said and the Culture of Honor and Shame: Orientalism and Our Misperceptions of the Arab-Israeli Conflict ” in Special issue of Israel Affairs, 13: 4 ( 2007 ), 84-58, and in