1970 Omani coup d'état

1970 Omani coup d'état
	; The al-Husn palace where the coup took place
Date	23 July 1970
Location	Salalah, Oman17°01′11″N 54°05′23″E / 17.01972°N 54.08972°E
Result	Coup successful Said bin Taimur overthrown;
Belligerents
Muscat and Oman	SAF officers; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Said bin Taimur (WIA)	Qaboos bin Said; John Graham; Hugh Oldman
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	1 wounded
	1970 Omani coup Location within Oman

The 1970 Omani coup d'état was the overthrow of Sultan of Oman Said bin Taimur by his son Qaboos bin Said in Oman on 23 July 1970. Occurring in the midst of the Dhofar War, the palace coup was executed with the British and saw Said deposed and sent into exile to the United Kingdom. The coup was a pivotal moment in modern Omani history as Qaboos swiftly set in motion numerous wide-ranging modernisation reforms in the sultanate, transforming Oman from an underdeveloped backwater into a country on par with many Western states in terms of political stability and economic development. At the time of his death in January 2020, Sultan Qaboos was the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East.