Who did Qaboos overthrow to become Sultan in 1970?
"His Cousin"
"His Brother"
"His Father
"The Prime Minister"
Answer
Qaboos overthrew his father, Said bin Taimur, in a 1970 palace coup. Qaboos was educated in England and had been away from Oman for several years. He had been disappointed by his father's conservative policies and had come to believe that Oman needed to modernize.
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