Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'id, succeeds his…

Faisal ibn Turki Al Sa'id, succeeds his father, Sultan Turki of Oman, who had suffered an incapacitating stroke in the early mid-1870s.

Faisal thus becomes the first nineteenth-century ruler of the Al Sa'id family in the to assume power peacefully, without having to resort to arms or political subterfuge.

The fortunes of Oman's Al Bu Sa'id state have continued to decline throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, but the dynasty remains in power with the help of the British, who continue to support the Al Bu Sa'id sultans in Muscat against periodic revivals of the Ibadite imamate in the interior.

The Qais branch of the ruling family intermittently allies itself with the ulama to restore imamate legitimacy.

Tribal attacks in the name of the imam are mounted against Muscat and ...