Kingdom of Egypt

20th century North African kingdom

The Kingdom of Egypt (Arabic: المملكة المصرية Al-Mamlaka l-Maṣreyya, "the Egyptian Kingdom") was the de jure independent Egyptian state created under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in 1922.[1]

Kingdom of Egypt
المملكة المصرية (Arabic)
Al-Mamlaka Al-Miṣreyya
1922–1953
Anthem: "Eslami ya Misr" (1923–1936)
Royal anthem: "Salam Affandina" (1936–1953)
Green: Kingdom of Egypt Lighter green: Condominium of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Lightest green: Ceded from Sudan to Italian Libya in 1934.
Green: Kingdom of Egypt
Lighter green: Condominium of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Lightest green: Ceded from Sudan to Italian Libya in 1934.
CapitalCairo
Common languagesArabic (official)
Religion
Islam (official)
Demonym(s)Egyptian
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
King 
• 1922–1936
Fuad I
• 1936–1952
Farouk I
• 1952–1953
Fuad II a
British High Commissioner 
• 1922–1925
Edmund Allenby
• 1925–1929
George Lloyd
• 1929–1933
Percy Loraine
• 1933–1936
Miles Lampson
Prime Minister 
• 1922 (first)
Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha
• 1952–1953 (last)
Mohamed Naguibb
LegislatureParliament
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Historical eraInterwar era / World War II / Cold War / Palestine War
28 February 1922
• Sultan Fuad I becomes King Fuad I
15 March 1922
19 April 1923

27 August 1936
24 October 1945
1948–49 (May–March)
23 July 1952
• Abdication of King Farouk, and ascension of King Fuad II
26 July 1952
18 June 1953
Area
1937994,000 km2 (384,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1927
14,218,000
• 1937
15,933,000
• 1947 census
19,090,447
CurrencyEgyptian pound
ISO 3166 codeEG
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sultanate of Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt
Today part ofEgypt
Sudan
South Sudan
Libya (Land Ceded)
  1. Under regency.
  2. Became first President of Egypt.

The kingdom was created after the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence by the United Kingdom. Until the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, the Kingdom was only somewhat independent, since the British had control of foreign relations, communications, the military and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

Between 1936 and 1952, the British continued to have military presence and political advisers, at a reduced level.

The kingdom was known for corruption. This led to the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 by the Free Officers Movement. In 1953 the monarchy was formally abolished and the Republic of Egypt was established.

The legal status of Sudan was only resolved in 1954, when Egypt and Britain agreed that it should be granted independence in 1956.[2]

References change

  1. Mira, Mazen (2022-03-15). "100 عام على استقلال مصر - The Arab Collector" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. John Marlowe, A History of Modern Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Relations, 1800-1953 (1954) p 313-15.

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