File - In this Oman, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 file photo, Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat. But within hours, Oman state television announced Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who had served as the sultanate's culture minister, as the new sultan. Qābūs bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd (in arabo: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد ; Salalah, 18 novembre 1940 – Seeb, 10 gennaio 2020) è stato sultano di Mascate e Oman dal 1970 al 2020.Ascese al trono dopo aver rovesciato suo padre, Saʿīd bin Taymūr, con un colpo di Stato nel 1970. Sultan of Oman dies: Reclusive Qaboos bin Said Al Said passes away 'from colon cancer' aged 79 after ruling for 50 years. The unmarried Sultan Qaboos had no children and did not publicly name an heir, a tradition among the ruling Al Said dynasty whose history is replete with bloody takeovers. On Saturday, hundreds gathered to mourn the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman, the Arab world's longest-serving ruler. File - In this Oman, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 file photo, Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat. File - In this Oman, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 file photo, Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat. At the time of his death, Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor but had recorded his choice in a sealed envelope. Sultan Qaboos had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he … Who was Sultan Qaboos bin Said and why is his death so important? Middle East News: Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into moder Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79 11 Jan, 2020, 08.31AM IST. Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, died at 79, mourned by world leaders Posted January 13, 2020 03:19:50 Photo: The late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, pictured in 2007, worked with nine US Presidents. Sultan of Oman dies: Reclusive Qaboos bin Said Al Said passes away 'from colon cancer' aged 79 after ruling for 50 years. Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, died at 79, mourned by world leaders Posted January 13, 2020 03:19:50 Photo: The late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, pictured in 2007, worked with nine US Presidents. Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the U.S., has died. Since it’s establishment in the year 1978, our company has played a major Role in the renaissance initiated by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد , IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd ʔaːl sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death. Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the U.S., has died. (Picture: Chris Jackson/PA Wire) The death of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said at the age of 79 marks a significant moment for the state that he ruled for half a century.. A new ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos’ cousin Haitham bin Tariq, has been sworn in but he will have a tough act to follow. News Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said dies at 79, new ruler appointed. Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, died at 79, mourned by world leaders. A fourteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death. Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79 State media say Oman's ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said has died at the age of 79 of an undisclosed illness