What is Qaboos bin Said?
[[File:السلطان قابوس.jpg|thumb|200px|Qaboos bin Said al Said]] '''Qaboos bin Said Al Said''' ({{lang-ar|قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد}}&lrm;; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the [[Sultan of Oman]] from 1970 until his death in 2020. He was 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]], serving for almost fifty years. Qaboos died of [[colon cancer]] on 10 January 2020 in [[Muscat]]. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|title=Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies aged 79|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=10 January 2020|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> After he died, [[Haitham bin Tariq Al Said]] became the Sultan of Oman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/9ca4a9910ede3e11b2fbf085189e628b|title=Oman names culture minister as successor to Sultan Qaboos|date=11 January 2020|website=AP News|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Qaboos Bin Said}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Sultans of Oman]] {{Bio-stub}}