Sultan bin Said al-Said Qaboos of Oman
Sultan Qaboos meets with United States Vice President Dick Cheney during his visit to the Middle East in 2002.
More recently, Qaboos has allowed parliament elections (in which women have voted and stood as candidates) and pledged greater openness and participation in government.
I would like to point out that the mosque(Masjid) which Sultan Qaboos built is not the biggest mosque in the world at all as stated, in fact, there are many other masjids around the world which are by far bigger than this masjid.
Outside Oman, it is widely accepted that Sultan Qaboos is gay, but nobody - and we mean nobody - talks about it within the sultanate.
Qaboos was born in Salālah, in what was then Masqaţ and Oman, to Sultan Said bin Taimur, ruler of Oman (1932-1970.
Qaboos lived in Salālah until the age of eight, when he was sent to public school in the United Kingdom.
As sultan, Qaboos has retained control of most governmental decisions and has kept a tight rein on defense and oil issues.
Qaboos was born in Salālah, in what was then Masqaţ and Oman, to Sultan Said bin Taimur.
of the world until, in 1970, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos came to power.
As the ruler since July 23, 1970, when he deposed his father Said Bin Taimour, Sultan Qaboos is immensely popular in Oman (see background in OMT.
Sultan Qaboos has concentrated on modernising Oman and creating.
Sultan Qaboos took immediate steps to end Oman's long isolation.
other GCC regimes, Sultan Qaboos took the initiative.
Said Bin Taimour, Sultan Qaboos is immensely popular in Oman.
Within the GCC, Sultan Qaboos has positioned Oman in a balancing role.
The government of Sultan Qaboos has begun to pursue objectives.
note that in all these moves, Sultan Qaboos is directly in charge.
conflict; but his early life gave no hint of what was to come.
Qaboos has since greatly improved the economic situation of the country, remaining in peace with all other countries in the Middle East.
order to contain the spread of malcontent and disillusionment.
Sultan 1970 From the age of 16, Qaboos was educated in Britain, first privately, then at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
23, 1970, while his father, too, was in Salalah.
country needed political stability.