Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Notes

Notes on Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (left) meets with Sultan Quboos bin Said Al-Said, ruler of Oman, in his desert encampment about 100 miles outside the city of Muscat, Oman, on Nov. 5, 1998. Cohen came to tell Quboos about the military action planned against Iraq by the United States and Great Britain if Saddam Hussein persisted in his refusal to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to perform their tasks. Oman was one of eleven nations Cohen visited with his message during his four-day trip to Europe and the Middle East. DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released)

Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said had the greatest carpet in the world made. See The Carpet of Wonder.

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On the 5th of May in the year 2001 after four years, 600 workers, 12 million man hours of work on the carpet alone His Majesty, Sultan Qaboos bin Said bowed to pray in the largest Mosque in the world on the largest hand woven rug in the world.

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) arrives in Muscat, Oman on June 17, 1997, and is escorted by His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Sa'ud Al-Busaidi (right), Minister Responsible for Defense. Following the ministers is U.S. Ambassador to Oman the Honorable Frances D. Cook. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel.

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) is welcomed to the desert encampment of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said (right) of the Sultanate of Oman on Feb. 10, 1998. From left to right: Cohen; U.S. Ambassador to Oman Frances Cook; Sultan Qaboos; and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Walter Slocombe.
DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel.