Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed the throne on July 23, 1970, after deposing his father, Sultan Said bin Taimur, in a bloodless palace coup. Later, he changed the country’s name from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to the Sultanate of Oman. . Sultan Qaboos was born in Salalah, Oman, on November 18, 1940. He was the only male child of Sultan Said bin Taimur and his wife, Mazoon al...
Pioneering the Presidency: Oman’s First Presidential Leader
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