of the Imam Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi, seems to have influenced this decision. In 1820, he launched a punitive expedition against the Bani Bu Ali with the assistance of the East India Company. It was defeated, but the following year a larger Company force returned and defeated the tribe. In 1835, he ratified a treaty with the United States on very favorable terms, that had been negotiated by Edmund Roberts at Muscat on 21 September 1833, and returned by USS Peacock. In 1837, he conquered Mombasa (now in Kenya). In 1840, Said moved his capital from Muscat to Stone Town, where Richard Waters was American Consul, and sent a ship to the United States to try to further a trading relationship. In 1843 he nominated a nominal representative in Mogadishu and was forced to pay tribute to Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim of the Sultanate of the Geledi. Upon Said's death in 1856, his realm was divided. His third son, Thuwaini bin Said, became the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his sixth son, Majid bin Said, became the Sultan of Zanzibar. The National Museum in Muscat houses numerous items of silverware and other possessions that belonged to Said. Children Said had 36 children Sayyid Sultan bin Said al-Said (ca. 1815–1851): an alcoholic, according to Ruete (Ch. 15), he left three sons, Saud, Faisal, and Muhammed Sayyid Khalid bin Said al-Said (c.1819–1854) Sayyid Thuwaini bin Said al-Said (also called Tueni) (−1866): Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1856–1866 Sayyid Muhammad bin Said al-Said (1826–1863): he "...was considered the most pious of our entire family.... cared little for the world and worldly goods.... possessed by... antipathy against Zanzibar" (Ch. 14, Ruete); he lived most of his life in Oman; father of Hamoud bin Mohammed, Sultan of Zanzibar. Sayyid Turki bin Said (1832–1888): Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1871–1888 Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid (1834/5-1870): 1st Sultan of Zanzibar, 1856–1870 Sayyid Ali bin Said al-Said (?-1893) Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid (1837–1888): 2nd Sultan of Zanzibar, 1870–1888 Sayyid Abdu'l-Wahhab bin Said al-Said (1840–1866) Sayyid Jamshid bin Said al-Said (1842–1870) Sayyid Hamdan bin Said al-Said (1843–1858) Sayyid Ghalib bin Said al-Said Sayyid Sawedan bin Said al-Said (1845–?) Sayyid Abdu'l-Aziz bin Said al-Said (1850–1907) Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid, 3rd Sultan of Zanzibar (1852–1890): Sultan of Zanzibar, 1888–1890 Sayyid Hamad bin Said al-Said Sayyid Shuwaid bin Said al-Said Sayyid Abbas bin Said al-Said Sayyid Manin bin