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Revision as of 13:25, 25 June 2010

The Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), under the supreme command of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, are the armed forces of Oman.[1]

People

Commander, Sultan's Armed Forces (CSAF)

The position of CSAF was due to be abolished after Perkins' departure.[5]

Chief of the Defence Staff

A new position created in 1981.[6]

Notes

  1. Defence, Ministry of Information, Sultanate of Oman, accessed 22 June 2010.
  2. John Graham collection (pdf), Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford, accessed 22 June 2010.
  3. W.D. Flackes and Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, BlackStaff Press, 1989, p.107.
  4. Major-General Ken Perkins: Commander of the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces, Sunday Times, 1 November 2009.
  5. John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.
  6. John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.
  7. John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.