Died, having ruled for almost 50 years, the Sultan of Oman
Who ruled in the Sultanate of Oman since 1970, Sultan Qaboos bin said died Friday evening, January 10, on 80-m to year of life after long illness, told the Oman news Agency.
in the Sultanate declared three days of mourning, during which they shall not labour in public and private institutions and organizations.
Qaboos bin said was born in 1940 in the family of the Sultan of Muscat, said bin Taymе?r, becoming his only son. He studied at the British Royal military Academy, served two years in the infantry battalion of the British army, then graduated from the courses of the chiefs of staff in Germany and received special training for the study of local government in the UK.
in 1965, at the direction of the father was sent under house detention, in July 1970, came to power in result of a Palace coup, in the last month of summer on the initiative Qaboos, the Sultanate of Muscat was renamed the Sultanate of Oman.
over the years of bin Qaboos in the country was carried out large-scale reform, he also managed to establish close cooperation with neighbouring countries and to conclude an agreement in the security sphere with the United States, after which the Sultanate was placed the American military contingent.
For several years the Sultan of Oman, who has no heirs, was seriously ill and received treatment in Germany. He had no heirs.
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