Buthaina bint Taimur Al Said

Sayyida Buthaina bint Taimur Al Said (; born October 10, 1937) is a member of the Omani royal family. She is the only daughter of former Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Her mother was a Japanese woman, Kiyoko Oyama. Buthaina is the half-sister of Sultan Said bin Taimur and the paternal aunt of the sultans Qaboos bin Said and Haitham bin Tariq. Biography Early life in Japan In 1935, at a dance hall in Kobe, Japan, a 19-year-old Japanese woman named Kiyoko Oyama met the former Sultan of Oman Taimur bin Feisal, who had recently abdicated the throne. After a brief trip home, Taimur returned to Japan in 1936, at which point he married Oyama and took up permanent residence in Japan. The couple lived in a mansion in Kobe's Fukiai-ku ward, and in 1937 they had a daughter, Buthaina, also known as Setsuko. Buthaina's peaceful childhood was interrupted when her mother became ill with tuberculosis. She was frequently in and out of the hospital, and Taimur was worried he and his daughter could catch the disease as well, so he sent Buthaina to live with her maternal grandmother while he moved alone to Bombay. Kiyoko died in November 1939. In May 1940, Taimur returned to Japan to bury his wife. He then left Japan, bringing Buthaina with him.