Qaboos bin Said al Said

Category
POLITICS

Language
ARABIC

Sayyid Qaboos bin Said was born in the southern city of Salalah in Dhofar on 18 November 1940[citation needed] as an only son of Sultan Said bin Taimur and Mazoon al-Mashani.[8][9] He received his primary and secondary education at Salalah, and was sent to a private educational establishment at Bury St Edmunds in England at age 16.[10][11] At 20, he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[12] After graduating from Sandhurst in September 1962, he joined the British Army and was posted to the 1st Battalion The Cameronians , serving with them in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army.[13][14]

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