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Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman , the Arab world's longest-serving ruler, died at the age of 79 years.

The Sultan put his father in a bloodless coup with the support of the British in the year 1970 and set Oman on the path to development, with its oil wealth.

Widely considered popular, he was also an absolute monarch, and all dissenting voices silenced.

" No cause of death has been confirmed. His cousin was sworn Haitham bin Tariq Al Said , as his successor.

to select A Family Council would have Three Days , to a successor as Sultan Qaboos has no heirs or publicly designated successor had. Instead, for the opening of the sealed envelope, where The Sultan Qaboos had decided to left his choice in secret.

The Sultan is the Supreme decision-makers in Oman . He also holds the positions of Prime Minister , the commander-in-chief of The Armed forces, defense Minister, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister .

in the Last month Qaboos spent a week in Belgium for medical treatment, and there were reports that he suffers from cancer. Pictures showed a crowd of men, the Muscat, the outside of The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in the capital, where The Coffin had been placed, before he was buried in the family cemetery.

In a televised speech after he committed, made a vow, Sultan, Haitham - old culture and heritage minister, studied in Oxford, led his predecessors the policy of friendly relations with all Nations, while the further development of the country.

smooth transition, at least for the Moment

By Sebastian Usher, BBC World Service Arab Affairs editor

This is A Day of the dreaded for a long time, in Oman , where the elegant, beturbaned and white-bearded figure of The Sultan Qaboos had for the last five decades, the identity of a country, which he had brought, in the modern world embodies.

There were concerns that his death could bring instability in Oman , to avoid the largely on the unrest elsewhere in the region. At least for the Moment, The Process of finding a successor and has quickly and smoothly.

And Haitham bin Tariq Al Said - Born in 1954 - to calm down was fast, its people and the world, he would follow the same path as its predecessor.

improve, The Chosen successor of Sultan Qaboos to its legitimacy in Oman , but a much harder task on the critical role played by Oman , for so long as you are a trustworthy and independent intermediary in many of The Most difficult conflicts in the Bud, the region.

- neutral policy, the absolute dominion

for nearly five decades Qaboos Grand completely the political life in Oman , the home of 4 dominated. 6 million people, of which about 43% are foreigners.

at the age of 29 years, the forbidden, in which he overthrew his father, Said bin Taimur, a-and to hear an ultra-conservative ruler, life, a number of things, including the radio, or you wear sunglasses, and decided to be who is married, educated, or leave the country.

Qaboos immediately a country declares that it is the establishment of a modern government and oil intends to make-money, where, at the time, it is only 10 kilometers (six miles) of paved roads and three schools.

In The First years of his government, with The Help of the British Special Forces , he suppressed a rebellion in the Southern Province of Dhofar, the tribesmen supported by the Marxist people's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

is Described as charismatic and visionary, he is pursuing a neutral path in foreign policy and to promote, the secret talks between the United States and Iran, in 2013 led to a landmark nuclear deal two years later.

Qaboos put his father in a bloodless coup in 1970

A degree of dissatisfaction has surfaced in the year 2011, during the so-called Arab Spring . There was no major upheaval in the Sultanate of Oman , thousands of people took to The Streets across the country to demand better wages, more jobs and an end to corruption.

the security forces at first, the protests are tolerated, but later, tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition used to disperse them. Two People were killed and dozens of people were injured. To criminalize hundreds of law enforcement, under the law illegal gatherings" and "insulting The Sultan "".

The protests in the absence of anything in the way of major changes. But Qaboos have to remove several long-standing Ministers perceived as corrupt, expands the powers of the Advisory Board, and promised the creation of more public sector work.

Oman 's newly-sworn-in-Sultan-Haitham bin Tariq Al Said performed Qaboos' casket letter out of the envelope contained Qaboos' is displayed

Since then, The Authorities continue to block local independent Newspapers and magazines, the criticism of the government, confiscate the books, and harass activists, according to Human Rights Watch.

the reaction to the death on Twitter, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said it was a "loss for the region", and expressed the hope that the new leadership would take over, "inspiration from The Past ".

the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Qaboos had left a "profound legacy, not only in Oman but in the entire region", while the former U. S. President George W. Bush had said the late leader, a stable force in the Middle East .

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Source of news: bbc.com