King of Egypt explained

Royal Title:Malik
Realm:Egypt
Coatofarms:Coat of arms of the Egyptian Kingdom_2.png
Coatofarmssize:110px
Coatofarmscaption:Royal coat of arms

Royal Standard of Egypt
First Monarch:Fuad I
Last Monarch:Fuad II
Style:His Majesty
Residence:Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt
Appointer:Hereditary
Began:15 March 1922
Ended:18 June 1953
Pretender:Fuad II

King of Egypt was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby ending its protectorate over Egypt, Egypt's Sultan Fuad 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 also to Fuad I's desire to be accorded the same title as the newly installed rulers of the newly created kingdoms of Hejaz, Syria and Iraq.[1] The second monarch to be styled King of Egypt was Fuad I's son Farouk I, whose title was changed to King of Egypt and the Sudan in October 1951 following the Wafdist government's unilateral abrogation of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936.[2] The monarchy was abolished on 18 June 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and the establishment of a republic. The third king, the infant Fuad II of Egypt (Farouk having abdicated following the revolution), went into exile in Italy. The position was replaced by the President of Egypt on June 18 1953.

The rulers of ancient Egypt may be described using the title King (a translation of the Egyptian word nsw) or pharaoh (derived from pr ˤ3). The story of Moses in the Quran includes his interaction with the ruler of Egypt, named Pharaoh (Arabic: فرعون|[[fir'aun]]|links=no). The earlier story of Joseph in Islam refers to the Egyptian ruler as a king (Arabic: ملك|malik|links=no).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Rizk . Yunan Labib . The fallen dynasty . . 468 . 10–16 February 2000 . 1110-2977 . 163624446 . 2008-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080720043015/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/468/chrncls.htm . 20 July 2008 .
  2. Web site: Egypt: On the Threshold of Revolution, 1945-52 . . . December 1990 . 2008-08-23.
  3. Book: al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (Translated by William Brinner). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 2: Prophets and Patriarchs. 1987. SUNY. 161–163.