Qaboos ibn Sa'id (born 1940), ruler of Arabia's strategically important Sultanate of Oman, defeated a Communist-inspired insurgency and guided an extensive socio-economic modernization of his once backward realm. Qaboos ibn Sa'id headed Arabia's oldest...

Qaboos bin Said al SaidSultan (pronounced "kah-BUSS BIN sigh-EED AL sigh-EED") "Our country in the past was famous and strong. If we work in unity and cooperation we will regenerate that glorious past and we will take a...

Sayyed Qaboos bin Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id GCB GCMG GCVO (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد born November 18, 1940 in Salalah) is the current Sultan of Oman. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur, in 1970. He is...

Oman Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996, by Calvin H. Allen and W. Lynn Rigsbee, II. London: Frank Cass, 2000. xix + 227 pages. Appends. to p. 236. Bibl. to p. 244. Index to p. 251. $57.50, Reviewed by J.E...

Oman has been relatively successful in its domestic and foreign policies. It has set up a new consultative council which will give Omanis more say in the affairs of the nation. Oman has also taken a leading role in efforts to resolve territorial disputes...