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He is Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki bin Said bin Sultan bin Ahmed bin Saeed Al Said.

He was born on the seventeenth of Shawwal 1359, corresponding to November 18, 1940, in Salalah in the Dhofar Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman. He died on January 10, 2020. He is the eighth Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman in the straight successive lineage of the Al Bousaid family, which was founded by Imam Ahmed bin Said in 1741.

The people have the utmost respect and appreciation for him. He was able to bring together all segments of Omani society in a one developed country.

The late Sultan Qaboos began the first stages of his education in the Sultanate of Oman, then his father, Sultan Said bin Taimur, sent him in September 1958 to (England) to continue his education, where he spent two years in a private educational institution in (Suffolk).

Then in 1960, he joined Sandhurst Royal Military Academy as a candidate officer. He graduated from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy after two years to join one of the British infantry battalions operating at that time in West Germany, namely (1st Battalion - Cameroonian Scottish Rifles). He spent six months as a trainee in the art of leadership. After completing military studies within the British unit in Germany, he joined the study of local government systems, and completed specialized courses in administration affairs. Later, he undertook a cultural tour around the world. In 1964, he returned to the Sultanate of Oman, and spent most of his time learning more about Islamic law and his country’s civilization and history.