Fuad I of Egypt

Fuad I was the ruler of Egypt from 1917 to 1936. He was the last Sultan and later first King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he ascended to the throne 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.

Occupation

monarch, king

Position held

Sultan of Egypt

Citizenship

Egypt eyalet, Khedivate of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt, Kingdom of Egypt

Born

March 26, 1868

Died

April 28, 1936