Pro independents lead a in power much to the annoyance of chaya now the middle easts longest drilling monarch armand Sultan Qaboos been side outside has died aged 793 days of mourning have been declared on the process has begun to choose who will take over could be you said no children and never public you name just successor hes credited with modernizing the gulf country and mediation between rivals in a volatile region rob matheson looks back at as life bin Saeed Al Saeed was an only son born in 1942 a life of royal privilege and to a father he would overthrow 30 years later what he did basically is modernizing the country opening the country to outsiders and thirdly looking at the domestic politics and try to move on to state formation where building is institutions and related elements sort unco boss was educated in oman and then at a private school in the u. K. Before graduating from Sandhurst Military Academy and serving in the british army for several months on his return to a m