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Qaboos bin Said al Said

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Name	Qaboos bin Said Al Said قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد
14th Sultan of Oman
Reign	23 July 1970 � present ( )
Predecessor	Sa‘id ibn Taymur
Spouse	Sayyidah Nawwal bint Tariq
House	Al Said
Father	Sa‘id ibn Taymur
Mother	Mazwon bint Ahmad
Religion	Ibadi Islam

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Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ; born 18 November 1940) is the Sultan of Oman and its Dependencies. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Sa‘id ibn Taymur, in a palace coup in 1970. He is the 14^th-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Sa'idi dynasty.

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