Samarkand: The inclusion was introduced through the forty third session of UNESCO’s Basic Convention, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from October 30 to November 13, 2025.
With this recognition, the variety of Omani figures honored in UNESCO’s centenary and jubilee celebrations rises to 9, underscoring Oman’s enduring contribution to world tradition, literature, and data.
Abdullah bin Ali Al-Khalili, born in 1922 in Samail, earned the title “Prince of Eloquence” for his masterful use of language and poetic depth. His works typically revolved round themes of affection, longing, and remembrance. All through his lifetime, he printed 9 poetry collections, together with Al-Khayal Al-Wafir (Plentiful Creativeness), Faris Al-Dhad (Knight of the Letter Dhad), and Bayn Al-Fiqh Wal-Adab (Between Jurisprudence and Literature). Al-Khalili’s inventive vary prolonged to quick tales, maqamat, and performs akin to Jadhima Wal-Malik (Jadhima and the King). He handed away in Muscat on July 30, 2000.
The second honoree, Muhammad bin Yazid Al-Azdi, generally known as Al-Mubarrad, hailed from Muqa’asa in North Al Batinah. Famend for his sharp mind and eloquence, he was a grasp linguist and poet whose contributions left a long-lasting mark on Arabic grammar and literature. His seminal work Al-Muqtadab is taken into account the second most vital grammar textual content after Sibawayh’s Kitab. Al-Mubarrad’s scholarship prolonged into hermeneutics and rhetoric, the place he emphasised linguistic precision and the ethical dimension of language via works like The Epistle of Rhetoric.
Oman’s profitable inclusion of those two luminaries continues its custom of celebrating nationwide mental heritage on the worldwide stage. The Sultanate has beforehand seen seven different Omani figures acknowledged by UNESCO, together with Al-Khalil bin Ahmed Al-Farahidi (2005), Rashid bin Omairah Al-Hashimi (2013), Sheikh Nour Al-Din Al-Salmi and Ibn Al-Dhahabi (2015), Abu Muslim Al-Bahlani (2019), navigator Ahmed bin Majid Al-Saadi (2021), and historian Hamid bin Muhammad bin Raziq (2023).
