Farouk of Egypt
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Farouk I was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a milita
Official portrait, 1946
Farouk I, c. 1937
Farouk saluting Egyptian citizens assembled in Abdeen Square in Cairo, c. 1937
Coin issuance after Farouk's coronation, 1937
Fuad II of Egypt
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Fuad II, or alternatively Ahmed Fuad II, is a member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali dynasty. As an infant, he formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the Sudan from July 1952 to June 1953, when h
Farouk of Egypt
…his government. He was overthrown in the 1952 coup d'état and forced to abdicate in favour of his six-month-old son, Ahmed Fuad, who succeeded him as Fuad II. He in turn formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the Sudan from July 1952 until the abolition of the Egyptian monarchy in June 1953. Farouk…
Pictured after his birth in 1952
King Farouk and Queen Narriman with Prince Fuad, January 1952
Narriman, Fuad and Farouk in exile in Capri, Italy, 1953
Fuad and Fadila's wedding in 1977