Sultan Omar II (World of Sultans)

Omar bin Omar al-Amal ibn Umayyah (Arabic: عمر بن عمر الأمل بن أمية, September 4, 1900 - November 4, 1978) also known commonly by the name and title Sultan Omar II (Arabic: سلطان عمر الثاني) was a Moorish monarch and politician, who was the 30th and last Sultan of Al-Andalus. He succeeded his father, Sultan Omar I as the heir to the throne in 1932. Belonging to the Ibn Ummayah royal dynasty, he is considered one of the country's most famous sultans, particularily for having ruled and led the country through multiple various periods, as well as turbulences - and getting the country to survive them all.

He ascended the throne in 1932 during the Interwar Period, at the death of his father Sultan Omar I, when the Moorish Civil War fought between the Royal Andalusian Forces against underground socialist militants began to take shape. Under his reign, the country's first air force was created, which played a crucial role in the victory of the Royal Andalusian Forces over the socialists. In addition, the country's armed forces also tripled in size during his reign, becoming the largest army in the Iberian Peninsula.

During World War II, the led the country in its fight against the Nazi-supported Spanish invasion under the rule of socialist rule Francisco Franco. After the Andalusians emerged victorious, Sultan Omar II embarked in age of renewed positive relations with Spain and Portugal, ending the bitter centuries and near millenia-long between the Moors and the Spaniards.

He countinued to rule as sultan through the Cold War. However, he abdicated the throne in 1975, as a result of the Peaceful Democratic Revolution, which sought to peacefully end the monarchy and intruduce a presidential republican form of government. However, Omar II was so well-respected, that he continued his political career, and was elected as the country's first Minister of Defense. He would later retired due to his old age in 1976, when he fell ill. His son, Omar III succeeded him as the inheritant, Omar III would have been the 31st Sultan of Al-Andalus.