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Haitham bin Tariq
Sultan of Oman since
In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Said.
Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق آل سَعِيد, romanized:Hayṯam bin Ṭāriq ʾĀl Saʿīd; born 11 October )[1][2] is Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman.
Haitham was born in Muscat and is a grandson of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was a cousin of Haitham, and Haitham served for multiple decades in Qaboos's cabinet. He was Minister of Heritage and Culture from to [3][4] Sultan Qaboos named him as his successor in his will.
Haitham was proclaimed sultan on 11 January , hours after Qaboos's death.[5]
Early life
Haitham is a son of Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur, son of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal, and Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al Busaidiyah.[6][7] He has six brothers and two sisters: Talal, Qais, Asa'ad, Shihab, Adham, Faris, Amal, and Nawwal.[6]Sayyida Nawwal bint Tariq (also c