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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Protectorate was abolished, but that there should be: maintenance of British Empire communications; defense of Egypt against foreign aggression; protection of foreign interest in Egypt and minorities; guarantees for British interests in the Sudan. On March 1, 1922, Sarwat Pasha formed an Egyptian Cabinet. And on March 16, Fuad, Sultan of Egypt, was proclaimed King Fuad I of Egypt?the first independent ruler of Egypt since the death of Cleopatra on August 29, 30 B. C. The British, who had ruled the country by martial law since 1914, then promised that such law would be withdrawn as soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: A Constitution | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...King Fuad, Ahmed Fuad Pasha, G. C. B., is the eighth ruler of the dynasty founded by Muhammad Ali in 1811, and is the son of Khedive Ismail Pasha, whom the French and British forced to abdicate in 1879. He is 55 years of age, became Sultan of Egypt on October 9, 1917, and married Princess Nazli on May 24, 1919. He is a man of large stature; handsome after the manner of Egyptians; inordinately proud of a mature Kaiser moustache; of considerable intelligence, but with pronounced leanings to despotism, believing that his subjects should heed the Spanish proverb: "With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: A Constitution | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

When Dr. Howell, first United States Minister to the Egyptian Court, was received by King Fuad with a full complement of oriental pomp and ceremony, he said: "I wish your Majesty a long reign in which your Majesty will be known to all men as a just, beneficent and kingly ruler." The King replied: "It pleases me to assure you that you may always count upon my entire support and the amicable cooperation of my government in improving the good relationship existing between Egypt and the United States of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: A Constitution | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...They held the constitution up for some time by claiming that the legislative power should be solely with the monarch and that he should in no way be responsible to Parliament. In the face of public opinion and a threatened revolt, both the King and the Court capitulated, and Fuad I, by signing the constitution, becomes a constitutional monarch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: A Constitution | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

...Fuad, by the Grace of England, King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Apr. 28, 1923 | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

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