Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed Al Saeed.
Qaboos bin Said Al- Said.
Qaboos bin Said Al Said(Arabic:
In 1986, Oman's first university, Sultan Qaboos University, opened.
Qaboos had no children
and has not publicly named his successor.
Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor.
Qaboos was a wise leader who knew how to rule with dignity.
Sultan Qaboos had been ill for some time
and was believed to have been suffering from colon cancer.
Qaboos bin Said Al Said(Arabic:
قابوس بن سعيد آلسعيد, IPA:; born 18 November 1940) is the Sultan of Oman.
Recently the Sultan of which country, Qaboos bin Saeed Al Saeed, has
passed away at the age of 79?
Qaboos' grandfather was attached to the Indian culture
and he even ruled Oman remotely from India for some time.
After dethroning his father in a bloodless coup, Sultan Qaboos took the throne and brought modernization to Arab.
Late Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed had ruled Oman since 1970
as the 8th Sultan of the House of Al Said.
Sultan Qaboos followed a moderate
and a stable foreign policy and is credited with turning Oman into a modern country.
Sultan Qaboos ended Oman's isolation with the world and
build additional ports and universities to spread his country's name worldwide.
Former US president George W. Bush said in a statement that Qaboos had been a stable force in the Middle East.
Qaboos held a disturbed relationship with his father
and was kept under house arrest by his own father for a long time.
Following the death of such a noble leader,
India announced one-day national mourning as a tribute to Sultan Qaboos on January 13, 2020.
The former culture minister was sworn in before the ruling family council on Saturday morning,
just hours after the announcement of Sultan Qaboos' death.
Qaboos, who wrested power in 1970
and led Oman's rapid growth and development, was widely respected globally for his vision for the Gulf region.
Sultan Qaboos's father, an alumnus of Ajmer's Mayo College, sent his son to study in Pune for some time,
where he was Sharma's student.
State news agency ONA gave no cause of death, but Qaboos had been ill for years
and spent a week in Belgium last month for treatment.
India will look at the new ruler, Haitham bin Tariq(65),
Oman's former culture minister and Qaboos's cousin, for being a generous benefactor for the Indian community.
In 1970, Sultan Qaboos introduced the universal education policy for both men and women,
increasing female attendance in schools from 0% in 1970 to 49% in 2007.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed sorrow over the demise of Sultan Qaboos on Saturday
and said that India had lost an important ally in the Gulf country.
Qaboos ruled the nation for a period of 50 years
and his reign is declared to be one of the best ones in the history of the Arab countries.
Qaboos, who ruled since 1970 when he deposed his father in a palace coup,
had been ill for some time and was believed to be suffering from colon cancer.
Before the reforms made by Sultan Qaboos, there were only three primary schools serving 900 boys,
focusing mainly on reciting the Quran and learning basic math and writing skills.
Qaboos acceded to the throne on 23 July 1970 following a successful coup against his father, with the aim of ending the country's isolation and using its oil