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Qaboos bin Said Al Said[ a ] (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. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, [ 3 ] he was the longest-serving leader in ...
Sayyida Ahad is the daughter of Sayyid Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidi, a former Undersecretary for Justice in the Ministry of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs and former Governor of Musandam. [3][4] She is descended from Ahmad bin Said, the first ruler of Oman from the Al Said dynasty. [5]
Royal consorts of Oman are women that have been married to the Sultan of Oman. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was unmarried for most of his reign so Oman was without a first lady for over 50 years until the accession of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in 2020. His wife, Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah, is the first royal consort to have an official public role. [1]
A new Sultan of Oman has been sworn in following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, but who was he and why was his death important?
Al Mashani (by birth) Al Said (by marriage) Sayyida Mazoon bint Ahmad bin Ali Al Mashani[a] (Arabic: ميزون بنت أحمد بن علي المعشني; 1925 – 12 August 1992) was a member of the Omani royal family. She was the second wife of Sultan Said bin Taimur (r. 1932–1970) and the mother of Sultan Qaboos bin Said (r. 1970–2020).
The sultan has ruled Oman since overthrowing his father in a bloodless 1970 coup. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail. Downloads ...
Haitham was born in Muscat and is a grandson of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was a cousin of Haitham, and Haitham served for multiple decades in Qaboos's cabinet. He was Minister of Heritage and Culture from 2002 to 2020. [3] [4] Sultan Qaboos named him as his successor in his will. Haitham was proclaimed sultan on 11 ...
Qaboos’s father, Sultan Said bin Taimur, held to the old ways and resisted all reform and technological development. When Qaboos championed modernization, the sultan threw his son under house ...