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Said bin Taimur (Arabic: سعيد بن تيمور; 13 August 1910 – 19 October 1972) was the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until he was deposed on 23 July 1970 by his son Qaboos bin Said.
The 1970 Omani coup d'état was the overthrow of Sultan of Oman Said bin Taimur by his son Qaboos bin Said in Oman on 23 July 1970. Occurring in the midst of the Dhofar War, the palace coup was executed with the British and saw Sultan Said bin Taimur deposed and sent into exile to the United Kingdom. The coup was a pivotal moment in modern ...
In Qaboos bin Said …in 1965 by his father, Saʿīd ibn Taymūr, who kept his son a virtual prisoner for six years while maintaining his subjects in a state of relative underdevelopment despite the country’s growing oil revenues.
Jul 2, 2020 · With the accession of Said bin Taimur in 1932 came a concerted effort to unify Oman under the power of the new sultan. Driving this was British interest in oil exploration in the interior, then controlled by the imamate.
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd ʔaːl sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020.
Jan 11, 2020 · At the age of 29 he overthrew his father, Said bin Taimur, a reclusive and ultra-conservative ruler who banned a range of things, including listening to the radio or wearing sunglasses, and...
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur, the eighth Sultan of the dynasty of Imam Ahmed bin Said, the first founder of the Al Said in 1744, was born in Salalah, Governorate of Dhofar...
Jan 1, 2019 · Said bin Taimur Al-Said was Sultan of Oman (hereditary absolute monarch) from 1932–70. A reclusive and repressive ruler, his autocratic policies prompted popular unrest and armed revolt. In 1970 he was overthrown by his son Qaboos bin Said, the present Sultan, in a bloodless coup.
Jun 27, 2024 · Said bin Taimur had served as the President of Sultan Taimur's Council of Ministers since 1929, effectively in charge of the government during his father's prolonged absences from Muscat. When Sultan Taimur abdicated, he succeeded him, as had been planned, becoming Sultan of Muscat and Oman on February 10, 1932.
Jan 12, 2020 · At the age of 29, with British support, he overthrew his father, Said bin Taimur, a reclusive and ultra-conservative ruler who banned a range of things, including listening to the radio or...
