Fuad I of Egypt

Fuad I (Egyptian Arabic: فؤاد الأول Fu’ād al-Awwal; Turkish: I. Fuad or Ahmed Fuad Paşa; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Hussein Kamel. He replaced the title of Sultan with King when the United Kingdom unilaterally declared Egyptian independence in 1922.

Fuad I
فؤاد الأول
Official portrait, 1922
King of Egypt and Sovereign of Nubia, the Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur
Reign15 March 1922 – 28 April 1936
PredecessorHimself as Sultan of Egypt
SuccessorFarouk I
Prime Ministers
Sultan of Egypt
Reign9 October 1917 – 15 March 1922
PredecessorHussein Kamel I
SuccessorHimself as King of Egypt
Prime Ministers
Born(1868-03-26)26 March 1868
Giza Palace, Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire
Died28 April 1936(1936-04-28) (aged 68)
Koubbeh Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Burial
Consort
(m. 1895; div. 1898)
    (m. 1919)
    IssuePrince Ismail
    Princess Fawkia
    Farouk I of Egypt
    Fawzia, Queen of Iran
    Princess Faiza
    Princess Faika
    Princess Fathia
    Names
    Ahmad Fuad
    Arabic: أحمد فؤاد
    HouseAlawiyya
    FatherIsma'il I
    MotherFerial Qadin
    ReligionSunni Islam
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