Interestingly, Sultan Qaboos’s father was an alumnus of Ajmer’s Mayo College. Using same-generation On 11 January 2020, Oman state TV said authorities had opened the letter by Sultan Qaboos bin Said naming his successor, announcing shortly that Haitham bin Tariq is the country's ruling sultan.Oman: the Modernization of the Sultanate, Calvin H. Allen, Jr While earlier in the day he officially launched the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the first Hindu temple in the capital of the UAE, home to over three million people of Indian origin. '{"imported-card-id":"8d989023-e488-4baa-b827-3872ba7af900","card-share":{"shareable":true}} Modi is also scheduled to visit a 250-year-old Shiva temple in Muscat.. In August 2014, The Omani writer and human rights defender Mohammed Alfazari, the founder and editor-in-chief of the e-magazine Mowatin "Citizen", disappeared after going to the police station in the Al-Qurum district of Muscat, only to be pardoned some time later.Under Qaboos, Oman fostered closer ties with Iran than other Qaboos financed the construction or maintenance of a number of mosques, notably the On 22 March 1976, Qaboos bin Said married his first cousin, Kamila In September 1995, Qaboos was involved in a car accident in Qaboos had no children nor siblings; there are other male members of the Omani royal family including paternal uncles and their families. … A fifteenth-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. Qaboos bin Said Al Said was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death. The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi kicked off the second leg of his visit to Oman Today and is scheduled to meet Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the man who once studied in India and was a student of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma who went on to become President. Today, PM will meet Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the man who once studied in India and was a student of Shankar Dayal Sharma who went on to … They are expected to identify new areas of cooperation and exchange views on the regional situation in South Asia and West Asia regions, including the Gulf, along with global issues of mutual interest. Sultan Qaboos’s father, an alumnus of Ajmer’s Mayo College, sent his son to study in Pune for some time, where he was former President Shankar Dayal Sharma’s student. And that is the reason he has been very generous towards the Indian community and India’s requests for help.Mr. For which he also thanked the Crown Prince and said, 'I thank the Gulf countries which provided almost 30 Lakh people from India a home like environment, away from home, here. An Indian diplomat was quoted as saying that Qaboos has very fond memories from his student days. He completed a part of his early education from a private institution in Pune.During his meeting, Mr. Modi is expected to tap into this personal connect of the Sultan. As Sultan, Qaboos implemented a policy of modernization and ended Oman's international isolation.He received his primary and secondary education at Salalah, and was sent to a private educational establishment at After his military service, Qaboos studied local government subjects in Qaboos acceded to the throne on 23 July 1970 following a successful coup against his father, with the aim of ending the country's isolation and using its oil revenue for modernization and development.The coup was supported by the British, having been "planned in London by The first pressing problem that Qaboos bin Said faced as Sultan was an armed communist insurgency from There were few rudiments of a modern state when Qaboos took power in the The political system which Qaboos established is that of an Oman has no system of checks and balances, and thus no Qaboos' closest advisors were reportedly security and intelligence professionals within the The protesters demanded salary increases, lower living costs, the creation of more jobs and a reduction in corruption.Several protest leaders have been detained and released in rolling waves of arrests during the He did give token concession to protesters yet detained social media activists. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Sunday evening, he will be meeting a man who was, as a student, taught by Shankar Dayal Sharma, who went on to become the President of India. The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi kicked off the second leg of his visit to Oman Today and is scheduled to meet Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the man who once studied in India and was a student of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma who went on to become President.Interestingly, Sultan Qaboos’s father was an alumnus of Ajmer’s Mayo College. He later sent his son to study in Pune for some time, where he was Dr. Sharma’s student.