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Sultan of Oman has died
Arab News ^
| Jan. 11, 2020
Posted on 01/10/2020 5:43:42 PM PST by nuconvert
Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media said early on Saturday. Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970.
Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor. A 1996 statute says the ruling family will choose a successor within three days of the throne becoming vacant.
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power the person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; jerusalem; lastbooxkaar; letshavejerusalem; muslimworld; obituary; ohwellthen; oman; qaboos; qaboosbinsaid; royals; sultan; waronterror
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:43:42 PM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Was I included in his will?
Qaboos’s 45 years in power makes him the longest-serving head of state in the Arab world
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:45:20 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:47:13 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power the person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter. Oh, man, I'm gonna be a sultan. You guys are gonna be sooo jealous...
To: nuconvert
How many wives and still no children?
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:48:33 PM PST
by
null and void
(The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
To: Billthedrill
Yeah, there’s a note in the envelope with Billthedrill on it?
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:50:00 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: School of Rational Thought
I was notified by Qataran prince. I put a few thousand down while they clear up some account transfer issues. Millions will be mine presently. It was nice of him to remember me.
J/K
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:50:10 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: null and void
I remember reading about this guy as the head of state as far back as the 1970s. If he had no kids when he died, obviously its his plumbing that wasnt right.
To: null and void
Obviously he was not a Sultan of Swing.
To: Rebelbase
Dunno, maybe his gate only swung the other way?
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:52:48 PM PST
by
null and void
(The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
To: nuconvert
I slipped it in last time I was in the palace in Oman for pinochle night. The one that was in there had a bunch of Arabic on it anyway.
To: School of Rational Thought
Yes. You are in the will. Call 911
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:53:08 PM PST
by
jcon40
(The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
To: Rebelbase
“Goodnight, now it’s time to go home”
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
“We are the Sultans
We are the Sultans of Swing”
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:53:10 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nuconvert
Caboose?
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:53:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: null and void
Looks like he was married once for only 3 years back in the 1970’s.
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:55:38 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
I've been to Oman a couple of times; Muscat and Salalah. Beautiful country. Not ostentatious like Dubai. It was small and quiet, yet the size of California.
I do recall the Omanis being the genuinely nicest people I had ever met. They're Muslims, sure, but of a flavor of Islam peculiar only to Oman.
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:56:22 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: BenLurkin
Yes, when the Qaboos passed, his long (t)reign was at an end.
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:56:42 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/10/2020 5:57:11 PM PST
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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