* The Indian Ocean in World History: Educational Website Interactive resource from the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center

* 1970 – Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms ; modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.

* 1940 – Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman

In an effort to curb the Dhofar insurgency, Sultan Qaboos expanded and re-equipped the armed forces and granted amnesty to all surrendering rebels while vigorously prosecuting the war in Dhofar.

Since his accession in 1970, Sultan Qaboos has balanced tribal, regional, and ethnic interests in composing the national administration.

In November 1996, Sultan Qaboos presented his people with the " Basic Statutes of the State ", Oman's first written " constitution ".

Perhaps most importantly, the Basic Statutes provide rules for setting Sultan Qaboos ' succession.

In December 2000, Sultan Qaboos appointed the 48-member Majlis Al Dowla, or State Council, including five women, which acts as the upper chamber in Oman's bicameral representative body.

In 1986, Oman's first university, Sultan Qaboos University, opened.

Sultan Qaboos also serves as supreme commander of the armed forces, prime minister, and minister of defense, foreign affairs, and finance.

Current Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Sa ’ id Al ‘ Bu Sa ’ id holds an extraordinary amount of power.

In November 1991, Sultan Qaboos replaced the 10-year-old State Consultative Council with the Consultative Assembly ( Majlis al-Shura ) to systematize and broaden public participation in government.

In the Muscat area, this highway is known as Sultan Qaboos Street, and it is the trunk road running through the city.

* Port Sultan Qaboos, Muttrah

When Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed power in 1970, Oman had limited contacts with the outside world, including neighbouring Arab states.

Ties with the United Kingdom have remained very close under Sultan Qaboos.

In 1974 and April 1983, Sultan Qaboos of Oman made state visits to the United States.

** Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, is deposed in a palace coup by his son, Qaboos.

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, criticized Gamal Abdel Nasser and his pan-Arab ideology in private discussions with American officials, which were released by Wikileaks, claiming Nasser deliberately used inflammatory speeches and rhetoric to make his people stupid, and accused Nasser of having " set the region back " and holding a position of " anti-everything.

H. M. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, the current Sultan of Oman from the Al Said dynasty.

Category: Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation laureates

*: Member First Class of the Order of Sultan Qaboos ( 10 January 2012 )

It was built by a loyal servant of the Sultan and is located in Al-Sagha Street that separates " Old Mansoura " from the modern city.

Masjid Sultan at Muscat Street in Kampong Glam

Masjid Sultan ( Jawi: مسجد سلطان ; Malay for Sultan Mosque ; is located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road within the Kampong Glam district of Rochor Planning Area in Singapore.

Kapitan Yap Ah Loy also built Kuala Lumpur's first school and a major tapioca mill in Petaling Street of which the Selangor's Sultan Abdul Samad had an interest.

The second station, Sultan Street Station, was constructed in 1892 at Foch Avenue ( now Tun Tan Cheng Lock Road ), close to the present Maybank Tower and Puduraya bus station.

The line was unique in that the initial leg of the track approaching Sultan Street Station from the main line was sandwiched between two carriageways of Foch Avenue, cutting across the east side of the city.

Meanwhile, Sultan Street Station was replaced by a smaller terminal station when the tracks at Foch Avenue were dismantled for road traffic, and was demolished after 1960.

After the demolition of Resident Station and the isolation of Sultan Street Station, Kuala Lumpur Railway Station became the main railway station in Kuala Lumpur.

Lately, vegetarian murtabaks and other forms of murtabaks with chicken and other stuffings exist and can be found in many Indian Muslim restaurants in Singapore, most famous being those restaurants facing the Sultan Mosque near Arab Street.