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Princess '''Myzoon bint Ahmed Ali al-Maschani'''<ref> Their first name "Mazoon" is an old Persian name for the Sultanate of [[Oman]]. The way of writing of the name varies in many publications. One finds also: "Mazun" (in German), "Mazwun bint Ahamed al-Maschani", "Mizoon" or "Miyzun".</ref> ({{lang-ar|ميزون بنت أحمد|d=Mazūn Aḥamad bint}}) ( |
Princess '''Myzoon bint Ahmed Ali al-Maschani'''<ref> Their first name "Mazoon" is an old Persian name for the Sultanate of [[Oman]]. The way of writing of the name varies in many publications. One finds also: "Mazun" (in German), "Mazwun bint Ahamed al-Maschani", "Mizoon" or "Miyzun".</ref> ({{lang-ar|ميزون بنت أحمد|d=Mazūn Aḥamad bint}}) (? - 12 August 1992) was the second wife of Sultan [[Said ibn Taimur|Sayyid Said bin Taimur Al-Said]] and the mother of Sultan [[Qaboos of Oman|Sayyid Qabus bin Said al-Said]] of [[Oman]].<ref> See ''Plekhanov, Sergey'': A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, London: Trident Press, 2004, p. 279.</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Revision as of 23:50, 15 November 2010
Princess Myzoon bint Ahmed Ali al-Maschani[1] (Arabic: ميزون بنت أحمد) (? - 12 August 1992) was the second wife of Sultan Sayyid Said bin Taimur Al-Said and the mother of Sultan Sayyid Qabus bin Said al-Said of Oman.[2]
Biography
Mazun was born in the 1920s in the eastern Dhofar, the southern province of Oman. She was the daughter of Sheikh Ahmed Ali, the leader of the powerful Bait al-Maschani tribe. She was a "Jebbali", a member of a mountain tribe. She became either at the end of 1939 or the beginning of 1940 the second wife of Sultan Said. She was a cousin of his first wife. The wedding was interrupted because the Maschani tribe was of the opinion that the bride price was not high enough. Therefore they kidnapped the fiancée of the Sultans and carried her back into the mountains. Thereupon the Bait Tabook tribe, a tribe of the coastal plain around the province capital Salalah, mounted a pursuit. They succeeded in stopping the kidnappers and forcing them to return to Salalah. The wedding was celebrated with the usual rejoicing and on 18 November 1940, Mazoon gave birth to the Sultan's only son Qabus, the later Sultan and successor of her husband.[3] Of her life little is known, except that Sultan Qabus was cordially connected with his mother throughout his life. She died in 1992 from her long lasting diabetes. Sultan Qabus buried her in her homeland region in Taqah in the cemetery near the mosque. She was not only popular in her home province, but throughout the entire country. Therefore on the occasion of her death a three-day-long state mourning was declared.
References
- ^ Their first name "Mazoon" is an old Persian name for the Sultanate of Oman. The way of writing of the name varies in many publications. One finds also: "Mazun" (in German), "Mazwun bint Ahamed al-Maschani", "Mizoon" or "Miyzun".
- ^ See Plekhanov, Sergey: A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, London: Trident Press, 2004, p. 279.
- ^ See Jeapes, Tony: SAS Secret war: Operation Storm in The Middle East, London/Pennsylvania: Grennhill Books/Stakpole Books, 2005 (ISBN 1-85367-567-9), p. 19.