From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King of Egypt
King of Egypt
Malik of Egypt Monarchy ended 18 June 1953
Former Monarchy
King of Egypt (Arabic: / ملك مصرMalik Misr) was the title
used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When
the United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt on
28 February 1922, Egypt’s Sultan Fouad I issued a decree
on 15 March 1922 whereby he adopted the title of King
of Egypt. It has been reported that the title change was
due not only to Egypt’s newly independent status, but al-
so to Fouad I’s desire to be accorded the same title as the
newly installed rulers of the newly created kingdoms of
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Egypt Hejaz, Syria and Iraq.[1] The only other monarch to be
styled King of Egypt was Fouad I’s son Farouk I, whose ti-
tle was changed to King of Egypt and the Sudan in October
1951 following the Wafdist government’s unilateral abro-
gation of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936.[2] Although
the rulers of Ancient Egypt are commonly referred to
as Kings of Egypt, it is more correct to refer to them as
Pharaohs.
References
[1] Rizk, Yunan Labib (10–16 February 2000). "The
Fouad I, the first King of Egypt fallen dynasty". Al-Ahram Weekly (468).
ISSN 1110-2977. OCLC 163624446.
First monarch Fouad I
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/468/
Last monarch Fouad II chrncls.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
Style His Majesty [2] "Egypt: On the Threshold of Revolution, 1945-52".
Country Studies. Federal Research Division of the
Official residence Abdeen Palace, Cairo Library of Congress. December 1990.
Monarchy started 15 March 1922 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/
cstdy:@field(DOCID+eg0041). Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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