Editing Qaboos bin Said (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Portrait of Said Bin Timur.jpg|left|thumb|Sultan [[Said bin Taimur]], the father of Qaboos bin Said]]
Qaboos bin Said was born in the southern city of [[Salalah]] in [[Dhofar]] on 18 November 1940{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} as the only son of [[Said bin Taimur|Sultan Said bin Taimur Al Said]] and [[Mazoon bint Ahmad Al Mashani]].<ref name="aulH1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/financial-troubles-said-bin-taimur|title=The Financial Troubles of Said bin Taimur|last=Serim|date=16 October 2014|website=qdl.qa|language=en|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="cmctg">{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/oman/articles/these-mosques-in-oman-are-an-architectural-wonder/|title=These Mosques in Oman Are an Architectural Wonder|last=Medhat|first=Gehad|website=Culture Trip|date=26 September 2017|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> He received his primary and secondary education at Salalah, and was sent to a private educational establishment at [[Bury St Edmunds]] in England at age 16.<ref name="FJSwe">[http://www.omanet.om/english/government/hmspage/tribute.asp Tribute to His Majesty]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118072515/http://www.omanet.om/english/government/hmspage/tribute.asp|date=18 January 2006}}</ref><ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/sultan-qaboos-quiet-peacemaker-who-built-oman-dies-at-79.html |title=Sultan Qaboos, Quiet Peacemaker Who Built Oman, Dies at 79|work=The New York Times|date=10 January 2020|access-date=10 January 2020|last=Hubbard|first=Ben}}</ref> At 20, he entered the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref name="adst">{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia|url=https://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saudi-Arabia.pdf|work=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training|access-date=7 January 2021|page=307|format=Country Readers Series|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110033355/https://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saudi-Arabia.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> After graduating from Sandhurst in September 1962, he joined the [[British Army]] and was posted to the 1st Battalion [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]], serving with them in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army.<ref name="Allen">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3pV457NIE4C|title=Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970–1996|last1=Allen|first1=Calvin H.|last2=Rigsbee|first2=W. Lynn|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780714650012|pages=28–29, 34|language=en}}</ref><ref name="6YRCI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2019/12/25/prayers-pour-in-for-ill-oman-ruler-sultan-qaboos|title=Prayers pour in for ill Oman Ruler Sultan Qaboos|website=gulftoday.ae|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>

After his military service, Qaboos studied local government subjects in [[England]] and then completed his education with a world tour chaperoned by Leslie Chauncy. Upon his return in 1966, he was placed under virtual house arrest in [[Al Hosn Palace]] in Salalah by his father. Here he was kept isolated from government affairs, except for occasional briefings by his father's personal advisers. Qaboos studied Islam and the history of his country. His personal relationships were limited to a handpicked group of palace officials who were sons of his father's advisors and a few expatriate friends such as [[Timothy Landon|Tim Landon]]. Sultan Said said that he would not allow his son to be involved with the developing planning process, and Qaboos began to make known his desire for change—which was quietly supported by his expatriate visitors.<ref name="Allen" />{{additional citation needed|date=July 2022}}