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Qaboos bin Said al Said

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Qaboos bin Said al Said

Qaboos bin Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد‎, IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death.The only son of Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman, Qaboos was educated in England. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served briefly in the British Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qaboos bin Said al Said has received more than 2,330,039 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 777th most popular politician.

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  • 69.76

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 772 out of 14,801. Before him are Harald Bluetooth, Louis I of Hungary, Constans II, Joan I of Navarre, Nader Shah, and Stefan Dušan. After him are Baudouin of Belgium, Charles IV of Spain, Simon of Cyrene, James V of Scotland, Nikephoros I, and Xiang Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 13. Before him are Ringo Starr, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Carlos Slim, Muhammad Yunus, Constantine II of Greece, and Frank Zappa. After him are Gao Xingjian, Wangari Maathai, J. M. Coetzee, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Michael Gambon.

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In Oman

Among people born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1 out of 5. After him are Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Isla Fisher (1976), and Ali Al-Habsi (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Oman

Among politicians born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1. After him are Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797) and Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857).

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