Qaboos bin Said
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020. He was a fourteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said. He was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world, serving for almost fifty years.
Qaboos died of colon cancer on 10 January 2020 in Muscat. He was 79.[1] After he died, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said became the Sultan of Oman.[2]
Qaboos Bin Said Media
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Sultan Said bin Taimur, the father of Qaboos bin Said
- President Ronald Reagan during the arrival Ceremony for Sultan Qaboos bin Said of the Sultanate of Oman.jpg
Ronald Reagan with Sultan Qaboos bin Said during a state visit in 1983
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VP Cheney Sultan Qaboos Salah Oman 2002
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Sultan Qaboos welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Muscat, Oman, April 5, 2008.
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, at Bait Al Baraka, in Muscat, Oman on February 11, 2018.jpg
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, at Bait Al Baraka, in Muscat, Oman on February 11, 2018.
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The will of Sultan Qaboos, in which he named his cousin Haitham bin Tariq his heir
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National emblem of Oman based on Image:Flag_of_Oman.svg
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The Order of Al Said is the highest Omani order.
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Civil Order of Oman - First Class
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Order of Establishment (Oman)
References
- ↑ Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies aged 79. BBC News. 10 January 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Oman names culture minister as successor to Sultan Qaboos". AP News. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.