Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said, Crown Prince of Oman

by Susan Flantzer
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Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said, Crown Prince of Oman; Credit – By Chris Fletcher – https://www.army.mod.uk/media/18699/rmas-ccs-222-5.jpg, OGL 3, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=149714272

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Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said is the first Crown Prince of Oman. Before January 11, 2021, the day Theyazin became Crown Prince, the succession to the throne was handled in a somewhat unusual way. Upon the death of the Sultan, the royal family council was charged with naming his successor within three days. If they were unable to agree upon a new Sultan, there was a sealed envelope from the late Sultan naming his personal choice to succeed him. On January 11, 2020, the day after the death of Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Theyazin’s father Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan Qaboos’ first cousin, was named as Sultan of Oman after a sealed letter from Qaboos was opened identifying whom he wished to take his place.

Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said was born in Muscat, Oman on August 21, 1990. He is the eldest of the four children and the elder of the two sons of Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman and Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidia. Theyazin’s grandfather was Tariq bin Taimur Al Said, the son of Taimur bin Feisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman who reigned from 1913 until 1932 when he abdicated in favor of his eldest son Said bin Taimur, the father of the previous Sultan Qaboos of Oman.

Theyazin has one brother and two sisters:

  • Bilarab bin Haitham (born 1995)
  • Thuraya bint Haitham
  • Omaima bint Haitham

From 2014 – 2019, Theyazin gained experience working at the Omani Embassy in London. He also has worked at the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Theyazin attended Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in history. In 2022, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom.

On January 11, 2021, Theyazin bin Haitham, the eldest son of Sultan Haitham, became the Sultanate’s first Crown Prince following constitutional amendments approved by Sultan Haitham. He is also the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth.

On November 11, 2021, in Mazay Hall of Al Alam Palace in Muscat, Oman, Crown Prince Theyazin married his double first cousin Meyyan bint Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, the daughter of his paternal uncle Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs and his maternal aunt Rawdah bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidia.

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Works Cited

  • Flantzer, Susan. (2020) Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman, Unofficial Royalty. Available at: https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/haitham-bin-tariq-al-said-sultan-of-oman/ (Accessed: 06 July 2023).
  • Nasrallah, Tawfiq. (2021) Oman’s first ever Crown Prince to marry this week, Oman – Gulf News. Available at: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/oman/omans-first-ever-crown-prince-to-marry-this-week-1.83519615 (Accessed: 06 July 2023).
  • Theyazin bin Haitham (2023) Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theyazin_bin_Haitham#:~:text=Theyazin%20bin%20Haitham%20Al%20Said,the%20rule%20of%20Sultan%20Qaboos). (Accessed: 06 July 2023).

  • ذي يزن بن هيثم آل سعيد  (Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said) (2023) Wikipedia (Arabic). Available at: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF (Accessed: 06 July 2023).