Sultan of Oman dies, state media announces
Sultan Qaboos bin Said had no children and did not publicly appoint a successor, but left name in sealed envelope if royal family cannot decide
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media has announced.
Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 with the help of Oman’s former colonial power Britain.