Succession;.

The line of succession is unclear in Oman, where there is a history of contested successions and coups d'état. Sultan Qaboos deposed his own father. His father had replaced his grandfather after what may have been a forced abdication. Sultan Qaboos has no children and has three sisters. There are other male membes of the Omani royal family such as several paternal uncles who are still alive and their families. Using primogeniture the successor to Qaboos would appear to be the children of his elderly uncle Prince Sayyid Majid bin Taimur al-Sa'id, the Wali of Birka (born 1919). [3]. Nevertheless, because no successor has been named the transfer of royal power following the end of Qaboos's reign is likely to be fractious.