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Qaboos bin Said, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Official portrait of Sultan Qaboos bin Said (cropped).jpg — Foreign Ministry of Oman, OGL-om 1.0.","cite":"\"Qaboos bin Said\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/qaboos-bin-said. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-07T02:40:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/qaboos-bin-said","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/qaboos-bin-said","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/qaboos-bin-said?lang=ne"}}