Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Egypt

Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1873–1922Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1873

Ismail Pasha1873

Government / Government of Egypt

Gains broader hereditary and administrative powers while Egypt remains formally under Ottoman sovereignty.

1922

Fuad I15 March 1922

Cairo · Government / Government of Egypt

Becomes King as Britain recognizes Egypt as an independent sovereign state, subject to reserved matters.

Names involved

Fuad IIsmail Pasha

Provenance

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