RAK ruler’s death will test Saud’s leadership
Issue 888
- 30 Oct 2010
| 1 minute read
Ras Al-Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi died on 27 October after a long illness. Sheikh Saqr, who was in his early 90s, took power in a bloodless coup in January 1948 and was thought to be one of the world’s longest-serving rulers.
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