Kingdom of Egypt
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The Kingdom of Egypt was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until
King Farouk I, 1936–1952.
All Gizah Pyramids
The Republic of Egypt was a state created in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty came to an end. It wa
Kingdom of Egypt
…Movement. Farouk abdicated in favour of his infant son Ahmed Fuad, who became King Fuad II. In 1953 the monarchy was abolished, and Egypt became a republic. The legal status of the Sudan was only resolved in 1953, when Egypt and the United Kingdom agreed that it should be granted independence in 1956…
Nasser (right) and Naguib (left) during celebrations marking the second anniversary of the 1952 revolution, July 1954
Naguib and Nasser
Nasser handing documents to an Egyptian fellah in a land distribution ceremony in Minya, 1954
Nasser submitting his vote for the referendum of the proposed constitution, 23 June 1956