y ida ▁Hu ja ima ▁b int ▁Sa ’ id ▁bin ▁Ta im ur ▁Al - Sa ’ id ▁ ▁Say y ida ▁U ma ima ▁b int ▁Sa ’ id ▁bin ▁Ta im ur ▁Al - Sa ’ id ▁ ▁Re ign ▁ ▁Acc ession ▁ ▁On ▁his ▁acc ession , ▁he ▁inherited ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁O man i ▁Empire , ▁which ▁included ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁provinces ▁of ▁O man ▁and ▁D hof ar , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁last ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁an ▁over se as ▁emp ire , ▁including ▁G wad ar ▁on ▁the ▁Indian ▁coast . ▁Nevertheless , ▁his ▁pet role um - rich ▁country ▁also ▁had ▁long ▁established ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁ 1 7 9 8 ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Friend ship , ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁British ▁prote ctor ate ▁since ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁He ▁also ▁inherited ▁an ▁administration ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁deb t . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁affairs ▁ ▁Once ▁he ▁became ▁Sultan , ▁Sa id ▁maintained ▁a ▁friendly ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁President ▁Franklin ▁Del ano ▁Ro ose vel t ▁invited ▁Sa id ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁to ▁visit ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Sa id ▁land ed ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁began ▁a ▁tour ▁from ▁California ▁to ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁During ▁his ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁Ro ose vel t ▁presented ▁him ▁with ▁two ▁books ▁he ▁had ▁written . ▁Sa id ▁tou