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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.
Qaboos bin Said, sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020. He took power in a bloodless coup that sent his father, Sa’id ibn Taymur, into exile. Qaboos oversaw numerous modernization projects and made considerable progress in ending Oman’s isolation. Learn more about his life and reign.
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Jan 11, 2020 · Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman, the Arab world's longest-serving ruler, has died aged 79. The sultan deposed his father in a bloodless coup with British support in 1970 and set Oman...
Jan 10, 2020 · BEIRUT, Lebanon — Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, who over nearly five decades in power transformed his Persian Gulf kingdom from an isolated enclave into a developed nation known for...
Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, who has died at the age of 79, shepherded Oman into the modern era, deftly navigating a neutral course as he turned the third-largest country on the Arabian ...
Jan 11, 2020 · The late sultan ruled Oman for almost 50 years, transforming it from a poor and divided country into a stable and wealthy state. He faced internal conflicts, regional tensions and health challenges, but remained a key ally of the US and the UK.
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Jan 11, 2020 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast’s longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the U.S., has died. He was 79.
