Fahr bin Taimur

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Said.
Fahr bin Taimur Al Said
  • فهر بن تيمور آل سعيد
Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense
In office
1976–1996
MonarchQaboos bin Said
Prime MinisterQaboos bin Said
Minister of Interior
In office
1974–1976
MonarchQaboos bin Said
Prime MinisterQaboos bin Said
Preceded byHilal bin Hamed Al Busaidi
Succeeded byBadr bin Saud al Busaidi
Deputy Minister of Defense
In office
1 May 1973 – 1979
MonarchQaboos bin Said
Prime MinisterQaboos bin Said
Born1925
Died2 December 1996
IssueFatik bin Fahr
Names
Fahr bin Taimur bin Faisal Al Said
HouseAl Said
FatherTaimur bin Faisal
Mothera Dhofari woman
ReligionIbadi Islam

Sayyid Fahr bin Taimur Al Said (Arabic: فهر بن تيمور آل سعيد), born in 1925,[1] was an Omani royal and politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs from 1977 to 1996, during the reign of his nephew, Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

Fahr was one of the sons of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal, and one of the half-brothers of Sultan Said bin Taimur.[1] He studied in Mayo College, India, in the 1950s.[2] During the reign of Said bin Taimur, Fahr was appointed wali, but fled the country in 1962.[1] He returned from exile after Sultan Qaboos took power.[3]

Fahr was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence from 1st of May 1973 to 1979.[4] He was minister of interior from 1974 to 1976. Sultan Qaboos appointed him as Deputy Prime Minister for security and defence affairs[5][6] in 1976. As deputy prime minister for defence, Fahr was answerable only to the sultan in defence matters. He held the title of deputy prime minister until his death in 1996.[1]

Fahr was allegedly one of the likely candidates to succeed Sultan Qaboos in the 1990s.[5]

Fahr died on 2 December 1996 at the age of 71.[7]

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  2. ^ Kutty, Samuel (7 January 2022). "Oman in India". Oman Observer.
  3. ^ Hunter, Brian (21 June 2021). Stateman's Yearbook 1994–1995. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-242218-2.
  4. ^ Worrall, James (30 January 2018). Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83860-916-0.
  5. ^ a b "Oman - The Al Said Dynasty". countrystudies.us.
  6. ^ "Narrowing the gulf". www.mea.gov.in.
  7. ^ Lea, David (2001). A Political Chronology of the Middle East. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-115-5.