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Fuad I of Egypt

Fuad I
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King of Egypt and Sovereign of Nubia, the Sudan, Kurdufan and Darfur
Reign 15 March 1922 – 28 April 1936
Predecessor Himself as Sultan of Egypt
Successor Farouk
Prime Ministers
Sultan of Egypt
Reign 9 October 1917 – 15 March 1922
Predecessor Hussein Kamel
Successor Himself as King of Egypt
Prime Ministers
Born (1868-03-26)26 March 1868
Giza Palace, Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
Died 28 April 1936(1936-04-28) (aged 68)
Koubbeh Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Burial Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Wives Shivakiar Khanum Effendi
(m. 1895; div. 1898)
Nazli Sabri
(m. 1919; wid. 1936)
Issue Prince Isma'il
Princess Fawkia
Farouk I
Princess Fawzia
Princess Faiza
Princess Faika
Princess Fathia
Full name
Ahmad Fuad
Arabic: أحمد فؤاد‎‎
House House of Muhammad Ali or Kavalali
(by birth)
Father Isma'il Pasha
Mother Feriyal Kadinefendi
Religion Sunni Islam
Full name
Ahmad Fuad
Arabic: أحمد فؤاد‎‎

Fuad I (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 Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel. He substituted the title of King for Sultan when the United Kingdom recognised Egyptian independence in 1922. His name is sometimes spelled Fouad.

Fuad was born in Giza Palace in Cairo, the seventh son of Isma'il the Magnificent. He spent his childhood in with his exiled father in Naples. He got his education from the military academy in Turin, Italy. His mother was Farial Kadin.

Prior to becoming sultan, Fuad had played a major role in the establishment of Cairo University. He became the university's first rector in 1908, and remained in the post until his resignation in 1913. He was succeeded as rector by then-minister of Justice Hussein Rushdi Pasha. In 1913, Fuad made unsuccessful attempts to secure for himself the throne of Albania, which had obtained its independence from the Ottoman Empire a year earlier. At the time, Egypt and Sudan was ruled by his nephew, Abbas II, and the likelihood of Fuad becoming the monarch in his own country seemed remote. This, and the fact that the Muhammad Ali dynasty was of Albanian descent, encouraged Fuad to seek the Albanian throne. Fuad also served as President of the Egyptian Geographic Society from 1915 until 1918.


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