Currently the world to retain the monarchy of the most countries are Europe and Asia. Especially the Arab countries in Asia, such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Jordan, both for historical and religious reasons.
When we mention Middle Eastern countries, we think of some of them being rich oil exporters because of their abundance of oil. And due to historical traditions, Middle Eastern countries practice polygamy.
There is a very unknown country in the Middle East that is not very visible. There are neither wars nor do they flaunt their wealth around the world like other countries. This country is the Kingdom of Oman in West Asia.
Oman is also a monarchy. The current king is Qaboos bin Said, who is 79 years old. However, Qaboos came to power through a coup d'état. in 1970, he deposed his father, Said bin Taimur, and caused King Taimur to be exiled to the United Kingdom for two years before his death.
The reason for this coup lay with Qaboos' father, King Taimur. There were three main reasons.
First, the old system of the old king.In 1932, Taimur succeeded the Sultan.In 1967, Taimur united Oman. However, while in office, Taimur imposed a series of conservative rules that displeased the people. For example, he banned people from wearing eyeglasses and shoes, and banned the use of all electrical appliances, even telephones, bicycles, medical equipment, and medicines. In Taimur's words, "The 20th century must be stopped from polluting the 15th century." In other words, bring Oman back to the 15th century. Under Taimur's rule, Oman had only three elementary school, two hospitals and a road that was only five kilometers long.
Oman is an oil-rich country, and Taimur has been described by many as a man who suffers with a "pot of gold". As a result, Taimur's conservative rule has caused discontent in the country.
It was a crackdown on all advanced ideas. In Oman under Taimur's rule, not only were advanced electrical appliances unavailable, even the national radio station was blocked and there were no newspapers. People lived in a dark society with closed information. This was because Britain had occupied Oman and was the sovereign state of Oman. Britain was also unhappy with this old-fashioned approach of Taimur. Moreover, Taimur's rule was repugnant to his family. This "betrayal" would not last long.
Thirdly, my son was put under house arrest for six years. Taimur's son, Qaboos, was the legitimate crown prince. But when he was young, Qaboos went to England to study at the Royal Military Academy. This enabled Qaboos to accept many new ideas. when Qaboos returned home in 1964, Taimur realized that his son had many advanced ideas in his head, and these ideas were spreading in the palace. Afraid of his son's influence on his rule, he went so far as to put Qaboos under house arrest, forbidding him to touch anyone and anything advanced, amounting to isolation.
Kaboos was under house arrest for six years. He had never been under such house arrest before. in 1970, Qaboos finally got antsy. He secretly contacted British and some Omani officers and quickly staged a palace coup. He announced that he had deposed his father, King Taimur, and exiled him to England. Taimur died two years later.
When Qaboos came to power, he carried out a series of reforms in Oman. Restrictions were relaxed, newspapers were set up to collect oil, and roads and hospitals were built. Oman used its oil resources to grow rapidly and became a rich country in the world. Now Oman's per capita income is more than 10,000 U.S. dollars, and health care and education are free for all.
In our impression, as the king of an Arab country, according to tradition, wives and concubines should be in groups. But strangely, Qaboos has not found a wife since divorcing his cousin in 1976. Now he has no wives and concubines, and has become a famous "bachelor" king in Arab countries.
There has been a lot of talk about Qaboos's private life, but none of it has been verified.