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Qaboos bin Said al Said

1940 - 2020

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Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, romanized: Qābūs ibn Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd, 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 Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost half a century. The only son of Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Qaboos was educated in Suffolk, England. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served briefly in the British Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qaboos bin Said al Said is the 758th most popular politician (down from 752nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Oman and the most popular Omani Politician.

Qaboos bin Said Al Said is most famous for being the Sultan of Oman. Qaboos bin Said Al Said became the Sultan of Oman in 1970 after overthrowing his father, Sa'id bin Taymur.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 758 out of 19,576. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Hassan II of Morocco, Leonid Kuchma, Khosrow I, and Anna of Russia. After him are Leo III the Isaurian, Kim Jong-un, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, James Madison, Philip the Arab, and John IV Laskaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 17. Before him are Chuck Norris, Brian Josephson, Zodiac Killer, Constantine II of Greece, Annie Ernaux, and Nursultan Nazarbayev. After him are Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe, Gao Xingjian, Raul Julia, Michael Gambon, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. Among people deceased in 2020, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 9. Before him are Ennio Morricone, Sean Connery, Philip Warren Anderson, Kirk Douglas, Betty Williams, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. After him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pierre Cardin, Max von Sydow, Tabaré Vázquez, David Prowse, and John Saxon.

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In Oman

Among people born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1 out of 18. After him are Haitham bin Tariq (1955), Said bin Taimur (1910), Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797), Taimur bin Feisal (1886), Thuwaini bin Said (1820), Sultan bin Ahmad (1800), Salim bin Thuwaini (1845), Isla Fisher (1976), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Said bin Ahmad (1800), and Ali bin Said of Zanzibar (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In Oman

Among politicians born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1. After him are Haitham bin Tariq (1955), Said bin Taimur (1910), Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797), Taimur bin Feisal (1886), Sultan bin Ahmad (1800), Salim bin Thuwaini (1845), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Said bin Ahmad (1800), and Ali bin Said of Zanzibar (1854).

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