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Qaboos bin Said Al Said was born on November 18, 1940, in Salalah, Oman. He is the son of Said bin Taimur, who was the Sultan of Oman from 1932 to 1970. Qaboos was educated in England and Jordan, and he served in the British Royal Air Force from 1960 to 1965. He returned to Oman in 1965 and became involved in politics.