# Qaboos bin Said

_Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020 (1940–2020)_

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> Qaboos bin Said Al Said 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 18 November 1940 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Salalah ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P19))
- **Died:** 10 January 2020 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P570))
- **Place of death:** Seeb ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Muscat and Oman; Oman ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P27))
- **Occupation:** sovereign ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P106))
- **Education:** Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P69))
- **Spouse:** Nawwal bint Tariq Al Said; Sheikha Aisha bint Ahmed Al-Harithiya ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P26))
- **Positions held:** Grand Master of the Order of the Renaissance of Oman (1974–2020); Sultan of Oman (23 July 1970 – 10 January 2020) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P39))
- **Awards:** Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George; Order of the Crown of the Realm; Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum; Order of the Nile; Royal Victorian Chain; Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum; Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria; Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding; Civil Order of Oman; Nishan-e-Pakistan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331#P166))

## Questions

**When was Qaboos bin Said born?**  
Qaboos bin Said was born on 18 November 1940 in Salalah.

**What positions has Qaboos bin Said held?**  
Positions held by Qaboos bin Said include: Grand Master of the Order of the Renaissance of Oman (1974–2020); Sultan of Oman (1970–2020).

**Where did Qaboos bin Said study?**  
Qaboos bin Said was educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Qaboos bin Said](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaboos_bin_Said) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): काबुस बिन सइद अल सइद](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A6) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q57331](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57331) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Official portrait of Sultan Qaboos bin Said (cropped).jpg by Foreign Ministry of Oman (OGL-om 1.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Sultan_Qaboos_bin_Said_(cropped).jpg)

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