His hobbies and interests :

Scored His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, may God keep him busy from the same political concerns and build a great country to free himself for a few moments and exercise His hobbies live freely and enjoy Bmajalsh writers and thinkers talks with the Arabs and the world through mothers library books that fill a number of languages.

Above all, we find that Faris Maher sponsor horses and whether it has established stables

Special and field generation also deduct some of his valuable time and optimistic by the (good), and was eager to live the first day of each calendar year in the care of the annual horse race induce the members of the royal family, ministers and dignified guests, and a number of his children and young school students, as well as his interest is horses interested Balahjn Arab inherent interest as a large number of Omani pet animals and wild deer and Oryx and Alaram and rare birds, and kept on the feeding and care of the natural habitats and calls for their reproduction as a national environmental wealth and of being influenced by any ill or distorts the environment and natureHis Majesty also loveinto its annual keen on losing conditions Division loyal and follow-up development programmes extended to every place he usually travels auspicious choice in the follos flights land and sea exercises this hobby wing winter, is not deterred by the rain and harsh nature factors.





Also keen to get in some sea Permanent Representative between Muscat and Salalah in visits to Musandam governorate and down in the islands Oman, as defined by the love of aviation and the leadership of some types of aircraft and modern Semitic established under the will of the flight club which trained amateurs also recently established a club for diving.

His hobbies and interests are music and the arts multiple types of hobbies this has been reflected in the arts Omani Vttort often became in Amman many military bands and orchestras traditional Arab East pure folklore and also, as His Majesty established the task of classical music (Symphony Orchestra), which will hear the music and enjoy the kinds takes all different schools, and in other arts loves photography, drawing, paintings and antiques add to the value of manuscripts and rare Coins and promotes traditional crafts and calls for the development and proliferation

Interview with Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said

Q : You are widely admired as an enlight­ened leader. What have been your majorinfluences? What ideas, thinkers, teachersand experiences formed you as a leader?

HIS MAJESTY

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There are, of course, manyinfluences that come to bear on a youngman as he advances towards maturity. Inmy case, my father's insistence on mythoroughly studying my religion and thehistory and culture of my country were aprofound help in forming my consciousnessof my responsibilities towards my peopleand to humanity at large. Also, I had thebenefit -- one might say as a counter-bal­ance in a sense -- of a Western educationand exposure to the discipline of life as asoldier. Finally, I have had the advantageover the years of reading the political andphilosophical views of many of the world'sforemost thinkers. In some cases, ofcourse, I have found myself in disagree­ment with the ideas they have expressed,but this disagreement in itself has provedvaluable in the evolution of my formedopinions and in my recognition of the needto consider all sides of a question.

Q : It is difficult to initiate political andsocial change and even more difficult tofollow through on it. How do you explainyour success in moving your society towardgreater openness and citizen participation?

HIS MAJESTY

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The success we haveachieved in Oman in adopting the advan­tages of modern society while preservingour ancient traditions and culture has beendue to the close partnership that existsbetween my people and myself. Throughevery stage of our development, which ini­tially rested on the urgent requirement toprovide health care and education for all, Ihave borne in mind the need to preserve acareful balance between these two para­mount factors -- the acceptance of moder­nity and the retention of old establishedvalues. While some of the requirementshave demanded speed, others, includingpolitical and social change, have requiredus to be careful to act gradually and delib­erately. For example, there has been aprogressive development in the powers andresponsibilities of the Majlis Ash Shura --lb /> our parliament -- and in its membership,which has now been carried a step forwardwith the admission of women. To haverushed these things with, for example, aninsistence upon the early establishment ofpolitical parties and the other trappings ofdemocracy, would have been disastrous ina society that had so recently had only themost traditional form of social structure.Now I can say we are firmly on the road tocontinual social and political development,and what pleases me most is the fact thatthis momentum is ensuring a bright

Qaboos of Oman;.

Sayyid Qaboos bin Saʿid bin Taimur Al ‘Bu Saʿidi GCB GCMG GCVO (Arabic: سيد قابوس بن سعيد بن تيمور آلبوسعيدي‎, born November 18, 1940(1940-11-18) in Salalah) is the current Sultan of Oman. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur, in 1970. He is the 14th descendant of the Al Bu Sa'id dynasty.

Early life;.

Sultan Qaboos bin Saʿid was born in Salalah in Dhofar on 18 November 1940. He is the only son of Sultan Saʿid bin Taimur and is of the 8th generation of the Al Bu Saʿidi dynasty. He received his primary and secondary education in Salalah and at Pune, in India, and was sent to a private educational establishment in England at age sixteen. At the age of 20, he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst, he joined a British Infantry regiment, The Cameronians, and was posted to the 1st Battalion in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army. After his military service, Sultan Qaboos studied local government subjects in England and, after a world tour, returned home to Salalah where he studied Islam and the history of his country.

Rise to power;.

For six years prior to Saʿid ibn Taimur's overthrow, Qaboos was under virtual house arrest in the royal palace of Salalah. In July 1970, soldiers supporting Qaboos clashed with forces loyal to Sa'id ibn Taimur, and deposed him.[2] Qaboos maintains that his father abdicated the throne.[3] The British government helped to consolidate Qaboos' power. Qaboos acceded to the throne on 1970-07-23, moving to Muscat. There he declared that the country would no longer be known as Muscat and Oman, but would change its name to "the Sultanate of Oman" in order to better reflect its political unity.
The first pressing problem that Qaboos faced as Sultan was an armed communist insurgency from South Yemen, the Dhofar War (1965-1975). The Sultanate eventually defeated the incursion with help from British special forces and the Royal Air Force.

Reign as Sultan;.

The political system which Qaboos established is that of an absolute monarchy. Unlike the situation in neighboring Saudi Arabia, Qaboos' decisions are not subject to modification by other members of Oman's sultanic family. Government decisions are said to be made through a process of decision-making by "consensus" with federal, provincial, local and tribal representatives, though critics allege that Qaboos exercises de facto control of this process.[citation needed] Qaboos also regularly engages in tours of his realm, in which any citizen with a grievance or request is (at least in theory) allowed to appeal to the sultan in person. Critics claim these meetings to be scripted as well.[citation needed]
More recently Qaboos has allowed parliamentary elections (in which women have voted and stood as candidates), and pledged greater openness and participation in government. As yet, however, this parliament lacks substantial political power.
Qaboos's supporters point to his relative success in governing the country. By Gulf standards, Oman boasts good public order (it is basically a safe country, even for foreigners), middling prosperity (given its level of oil revenues) and a relatively permissive society.[citation needed] Since Qaboos acceded to the throne, Oman has broadened international relations, allowed newspapers, established high schools, built highways, opened hotels and shopping malls, and spends a substantial portion of its dwindling oil revenues on health care and education.[3] Full democracy, they say, might threaten these accomplishments.[citation needed]
Unlike the heads of other Gulf states, Qaboos has not publicly named an heir. Article 6 of the constitution actually provides that the Ruling Family Council chooses the successor after the throne becomes vacant, and that the sultan's preference, to be expressed in an official letter (which Qaboos maintains has already been sealed and delivered to the defence minister), is only resorted to in the event of lack of familial consensus. Critics fear, however, that the resulting uncertainty could inspire a power struggle among members of the dynasty and/or the military. A power vacuum could thus coincide with the expected depletion of Oman's oil supplies, threatening the nation's continued peace and prosperity.
In 1998, Qaboos was presented with the International Peace Award by the National Council on US-Arab Relations[citation needed]. He also forges and maintains good relations with other Arab States and partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The Sultan's birthday, 18 November, is celebrated as Oman's national holiday.