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  Fuad I of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fuad I (Arabic: فؤاد الاول), King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur (né Ahmed Fuad, March 26, 1868 - April 28, 1936) was the first King of Egypt in the modern era.
Ahmed Fuad was born in Giza Palace in Cairo, the seventh son of Isma'il Pasha.
Fuad I died at the Kubba Palace in Cairo and was buried at the Khedival Mausoleum in the ar-Rifai Mosque in Cairo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Fuad_I_of_Egypt   (327 words)

  
 Definition of Fuad II of Egypt - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
King Fuad II of Egypt and The Sudan (Ahmed Fuad) was born on 16 January, 1952).
King Fuad II was less than a year old at the time of his ascension to the throne, thus, he was never formally crowned.
After being deposed, King Fuad II was brought to the French Fourth Republic where he was to be raised.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Fuad_II   (332 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Farouk of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
King of Egypt was a position that existed in some form from approximately 3000 BC to the mid 20th century.
The King's alleged corruption in Egypt and defeat during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, led to a military coup on July 23, 1952, directed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, who forced Farouk to abdicate and exiled him to Italy and Monaco, where the former king lived the rest of his life.
Fuad II (born January 16, 1952) was King of Egypt from July 26, 1952 to June 18, 1953.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Farouk-of-Egypt   (2110 words)

  
 Fuad II of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
King Fuad II was modern Egypt's last monarch.
He became king following the abdication of his father, King Farouk, and joined his family in exile.
After being deposed, King Fuad II was brought to the France where he was to be raised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fuad_II_of_Egypt   (267 words)

  
 Definition of Fawzia of Egypt - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Her Royal Highness Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt (Alexandria, Egypt, November 5, 1921 -) was the first wife of the last Shah of Iran and a sister of King Farouk I.
She was born Her Sultanic Highness Princess Fawzia bint Faud at Ras al-Tine Palace in Alexandria, the eldest daughter of Fuad I, Sultan of Egypt (later King Fuad I) and his second wife, Nazli Sabri.
Her nephew Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt upon the departure of his father into exile in Europe, resides in Switzerland.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Fawzia_of_Egypt   (515 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Fuad I
Fuad I (1868-1936), sultan (1917-1922) and king (1922-1936) of Egypt.
In 1922 Britain declared Egypt an independent monarchy under Hussein Kamil’s successor, Ahmad Fuad, who became king as Fuad I. The British reserved...
Faruk I (1920-1965), king of Egypt (1936-1952), son of King Fuad I, born in Cairo, and educated privately.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Fuad_I.html   (181 words)

  
 20th Century Cairo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Egypt found itself in an awkward position: the Ottoman Empire, of which it was a province, was fighting the British and French, who occupied it.
The war itself barely touched Egypt: the sole casualty on Egyptian soil was killed by a bomb dropped by a zeppelin, a woman who had been walking her dog.
Nasir wanted Egypt to be rid of the British, but he also knew that the British would be very concerned about the revolution, so he was respectful of the British who remained, and worked on other problems that were of a big concern to the Egyptians.
menic.utexas.edu /menic/cairo/history/modern/modern.html   (2578 words)

  
 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Finally he went back to Egypt where he died in (The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs) Cairo on July 27, 1980.
They married in 1939 and divorced in 1948 after her failure to produce an heir to the throne (although later she did in fact have a son with her second husband).
Fawzia was extremely unhappy at the Iranian court and longed to return to Egypt, which she did shortly before the forced abdication of her brother and the abolition of the Egyptian monarchy.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mohammad_reza_pahlavi.htm   (1158 words)

  
 Egypt (09/05)
Egypt's vast and rich literature constitutes an important cultural element in the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole.
Egypt was readmitted to the Arab League in 1989.
Egypt met the conditions and in September 2005 issued $1.25 billion in 10-year bonds that were fully guaranteed by the United States.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5309.htm   (5903 words)

  
 Commanding Heights : Egypt Overview | on PBS
Egypt and other Arab nations send troops to Palestine in 1948 and are defeated by the Israelis.
1953-1955: In June 1953 Egypt is declared a republic under President Muhammad Naguib, a leader of the Free Officers.
In 2003 Egypt allows the currency to float freely: It adjusts on the first day of trading to its fl-market value.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/eg/eg_overview.html   (1079 words)

  
 The Jews of Egypt
Then, Egypt was overrun by wave after wave of invaders: the Greeks, the Romans, the crusaders, the Arabs, the Turks, the French and the British.
Egypt’s King Fuad was protective of the Jewish community.
They did …Egypt claimed victory…The U.N. forces came, and one of the consequences of the Suez War was: the beginning of the end of the Jewish community in Egypt.
www.hsje.org /jews_of_egypt.htm   (2422 words)

  
 EGYPT
Prince Ismail Fuad (by King Fuad I), born November 1896 in Cairo, died 6th July 1897 in Alexandria.
HM King FUAD I 1917/1936, born 26th March 1868 in Gizeh Palace, Cairo, Sultan of Egypt 1917/1922 (as Ahmad Fuad), 1st King of Egypt 1922/1936, married 1stly, 30th May 1895 in Cairo, (div.
HM King FAROUK I 1936/1952, born 11th February 1920 in Cairo, Prince of Said till 1936, King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan and Darfur 1936/1952, married 1stly, 20th January 1938 in Cairo, (div.
uqconnect.net /~zzhsoszy/states/islamic/egypt.html   (7057 words)

  
 A Hero To Me - Part One
Among his many duties, he was there to honour King Fuad II, King of Egypt at the time.
When King Fuad would pass along the road which led past the barracks to the royal palace, Gramps battalion had to turn out and give him the royal salute.
At Kamptee, he had to endure temperatures of 125 degrees F in the shade and he was the first to be on bugle guard during the Summer.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/leicestershire/18811   (589 words)

  
 The Hindu : dated August 19, 1952: Middle-East Monarchs
The youngest was six-month-old King Ahmed Fuad of Egypt.
Imam Ahmed of Yemen had said he was extremely nervous about his future and this was borne out by reports that soon after he heard of King Farouk's abdication he promptly banned the use of all radio sets in his kingdom hoping to keep the news of Farouk from his subjects.
King Abdel Aziz appeared ensconced on his throne but reports trickling out of Saudi Arabia gave rise to concern about his health.
www.hinduonnet.com /2002/08/13/stories/2002081300370801.htm   (224 words)

  
 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The exiled monarch, suffering from unfavorable propaganda spread by a network of the Ayatollahs and the KGB, had become unpopular in much of the world and travelled from country to country in his second exile seeking what he hoped would be a temporary residence.
Baksheesh is required to view the tombs of the royals, which lie off to the left of the entrance.
His first wife was Princess Fawzia of Egypt (born November 5, 1921), a celebrated beauty of her day, daughter of King Fuad I of Egypt and his second spouse, Nazli Sabri, and a sister of King Farouk I of Egypt.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mohammad-Reza-Pahlavi.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Infantry Magazine: The Sudanese Army: a historical analysis and discussion on religious politicization
In 1922, after nationalist riots stimulated by Egyptian leader Saad Zaghlul, Egypt gained quasi-independence from Britain, and Ahmed Fuad was declared King Fuad I. The Egyptians wanted more oversight in the Sudan and created specialized units of Sudanese auxiliaries within the Egyptian Army called Al-Awtirah.
British patience on pacifying the Sudan and the murder of Governor General and Sirdar Lee Stack in November in broad daylight in Cairo, Egypt, led to London imposing harsh measures on Egypt and using the assassination as a pretext to assert imperial authority over the Sudan.
Among the reparations, Egypt reluctantly submitted to compensation of 500,000 pounds and the evacuation of Egyptian forces in Sudan.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_4_93/ai_n6362167   (1406 words)

  
 Articles - Regent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In Iceland, the regent represented the King of Denmark as sovereign of Iceland until the country became a republic in 1944.
It was the Polish primate who served as a regent, known at that time as an interrex (ruler between kings, as in ancient Rome).
After the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the throne of the Grand Duke of Finland was vacant and according to the constitution of 1772, a regent was installed by the Finnish Parliament during the first two years of Finnish independence, before the country was declared a republic.
www.lastring.com /articles/Regent   (930 words)

  
 JMCC / Politics in Palestine
Yasser Arafat was born in Jerusalem-Palestine in 1929.
In 1956 he joined the reserve officers of the Egyptian Army and fought against the tri-partite aggression on Egypt.
In 1953-1968 he joined early in his youth, the Palestine National Movement as represented by the League of Palestinian Students 1944, and chaired it later on.
www.jmcc.org /politics/pna/arafat.htm   (1702 words)

  
 PLO chairman, Yasir Arafat
Born: Yasser Arafat was born in Jerusalem-Palestine in 1929.
He was president of the Palestinian Student Union from 1952 to 1956, and served in the Egyptian army in 1956 as a second-lieutenant.
Following several arrests for political activism in Egypt he moved to Kuwait where with others - notably Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad), Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Faruq Qaddumi (Abu Lutof) - he founded Fatah in 1959.
www.wrmea.com /html/yasser_arafat.htm   (1279 words)

  
 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The river has attracted tourists for many years and Nile cruises take visitors to some of the greatest archaelogical remains on the earth.
, a stern-wheeled, steam-fired paddler, built in 1917 for King Ahmed Fuad I of Egypt and used by successive kings and later presidents.
The 46 metre long British built vessel has 17 cabins and is equipped for 30 passengers.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /tramways/Egypt.htm   (269 words)

  
 Steve Quayle News Alerts
But now that the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO] has died, it is appropriate to examine this ìleader'sî so-called accomplishments on behalf of Palestinians and the cause he embodied.
Born Mohammed Yasser Abdul-Ra'ouf Qudwa Al-Husseini in Jerusalem Aug. 29, 1929, he moved on to attend King Fuad University in Egypt, where he received a Bachelorís Degree in Architectural Engineering in 1951.
He said Jordan's King Hussein and Arafat had agreed the city would be demilitarized, but Arafat ostensibly broke that agreement when his factions took over the capital, leading to armed conflict with Hussein's army when it moved back into Amman to regain control.
www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/04_Terror/041112.Arafat.terror.html   (2012 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Fuad II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Fuad II; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Fuad_II   (379 words)

  
 Yasser Arafat, 1929-2004. - Global News on the World Crisis Web
Born as Mohammad Yaser Abdul-Ra’ouf Qudwa Al-Husseini in Gaza in 1929, Arafat took the name Yasser and became committed to resisting the Israeli occupation following the Nakba or “Catastrophe” of 1948, which Israelis celebrate as the year of the creation of their state on the Palestinian homeland.
In 1951, Arafat attended King Fuad University in Egypt where he received a Bachelor Degree in Architecture Engineering in 1951.
By 1967, Israel had occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, after launching a pre-emptive war against Egypt, Syria and Jordan and defeated their armies.
www.world-crisis.com /news/1057_0_1_0_M45   (991 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Fuad, king of Egypt
Subjects: Fu’ad -- I, -- King of Egypt, -- 1868-1936.
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www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/29387be9c9e09343.html   (47 words)

  
 The Last Days of Yasser Arafat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
From Ralph Bunche to King Hussein of Jordan, many have endeavored to make peace treaties in the Middle East to resolve the Palestinian situation while insuring Israel's safety and security.
Mohammed Yasser Abdul-Ra'oul Kudwa Al-Husseini (Yasser Arafat) was born on August 24, 1929 in the Gaza Strip.
After graduating with a degree in architectural engineering from King Fuad University in Egypt in 1951, Arafat went to work as an engineer in Kuwait, where he considered the Palestinian Liberation Movement known as 'The Fatah, which he officially established in Palestine on January 1, 1965.
paulcooijmans.lunarpages.com /papyrus/brizel/arafat.html   (935 words)

  
 The Bull Speaks! » Blog Archive » Yasser Arafat (1929 - 2004???)
Born Mohammed Yasser Abdul-Ra’ouf Qudwa Al-Husseini, our friend Yasser Arafat was born August 24, 1929, in the Gaza Strip.
Arafat attended King Fuad University in Egypt where he received a Bachelor Degree in Architecture Engineering in 1951.
In 1958 he ceased attempting to use his degree for any positive purpose, moved to Kuwait, and made plans for the creation of “Fatah”, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement.
ondogriver.net /bullspeak/index.php?p=41   (628 words)

  
 artnet.com: Resource Library: Metcalfe, Percy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
His handling of the planes and the skilful way in which he stripped complex forms to their basic essentials resulted in almost abstract designs, as in his Industry Commerce medal, and the success of these and other medals made by him for the exhibition led to a series of public and private commissions.
These included medals for the Wembley Exhibition of 1925 (bronze), for the visit of the Prince of Wales to Cape Town in 1925 (silver and bronze) and for the visit of King Fuad I of Egypt to Britain in 1927 (bronze).
In 1935 he designed the official commemorative jubilee medal of George V and also the jubilee crown reverse.
www.artnet.com /library/05/0574/T057457.asp   (306 words)

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