Qaboos in a sentence

According to article 6 of the Omani Basic Law, the royal family had three days to determine the successor and if they failed to agree, the person chosen by Qaboos in a letter addressed to the family would be chosen to rule the country.

According to the Omani constitution, the royal family had three days to determine the successor and if they failed to agree, the person chosen by Qaboos in a letter addressed to the family would be the successor.

Gandhi on Saturday condoled the demise of Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said.

Haitham bin Tariq, Oman’s culture minister and the 65-year-old cousin of late Sultan Qaboos, has been sworn in as the new royal ruler, the government said Saturday.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, offered his condolences to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on the demise of Sultan Qaboos.

In a series of tweets, Indian Prime Minister Modi said, "I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said.

In line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an absentee funeral prayer was performed on Saturday after the Maghreb prayer in mosques throughout the country for the soul of Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman.

Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution directed Qaboos' attention to the Strait of Hormuz, through which almost a fifth of global oil passes.

Omani state television aired footage of Qaboos, dressed in a white robe, a traditional Omani head wrap and white sandals, receiving Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.

Over time, Sultan Qaboos introduced what amounted to a written constitution, created a parliament and granted citizens limited political freedoms.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of Oman as “a great loss not only to his country, but also the entire humanity.

Prince Charles is currently in Oman attending the funeral of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said after flying out to the Middle East overnight.

Qaboos assumed power as an unknown and spent his first years cultivating the respect of his countrymen, from the mountainous interior to the coast.

Qaboos cut a fashionable figure in a region whose leaders are known for a more austere attire.

Qaboos established Oman’s first cabinet, government departments and two Advisory bodies, including the elected Shura Council representing the country’s provinces or Wilayats.

Qaboos instructed his foreign minister Yusuf bin Alawi to broker a peace deal between President Hafez Assad of Syria and Netanyahu.

Qaboos’s death meant “the loss of a good friend for Germany,” a statement from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

Qaboos’s time abroad included schooling at Britain’s Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and training with the Scottish Rifles Regiment in what was then West Germany.

Qaboos then took power.

Qaboos was believed to have been suffering from colon cancer and was rarely seen in public since he began treatment in 2015.