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       His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said ( 1940-)  | 
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       BHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos was born in Salalah, the most
      southerly city of the state then known as Muscat and Oman, on 18th
      November 1940. He was the only son of the late Sultan Said bin Taimur and
      the eighth direct descendant of the royal Al Busaidi line founded in 1744
      by Imam Ahmad bin Said. Sultan Qaboos spent his childhood in Salalah. When
      he reached the age of 16, his father sent him to a private school in
      England, and in 1960 he entered The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an
      officer cadet. --Read more at omanet.om Home | Archive | Updates | History | Links | Sitemap | Biography | PaperMoney Gallery | Portrait Gallery This Website Design and created by: Webmaster Copyright © 2006-2006 ENCYCLOINDIA COLLECTIBLES, Biography  |