Qaboos bin Said al Said
Sultan

(pronounced "kah-BUSS BIN sigh-EED AL sigh-EED")

"Our country in the past was famous and strong. If we work in unity and cooperation we will regenerate that glorious past and we will take a respectable place in the world."

Known as Muscat and Oman prior to August 1970, the Sultanate of Oman occupies the extreme east and southeast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is surrounded on the northwest by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the west by Saudi Arabia, and on the extreme southwest by Yemen. On the tip of the Musandam Peninsula lies a detached portion of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the UAE, which extends into the Strait of Hormuz. Oman has a coastline of about 2,092 km (1,301 mi) on the Indian Ocean, and its total...