Turki bin Said — Arabic Wikipedia

Long Arabic Wikipedia article on Turki bin Said bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Sultan of Oman; it recounts his upbringing and family, his famous journey from India financed by his brother Majid, Sultan of Zanzibar, his entry into Matrah and Muscat in 1871, his illness of 1874 and his brother Abd al-Aziz's deputyship, his return in December 1875, and his administrative programme, down to his death in 1888 and his son Faisal's succession.