Sultanate of Egypt

Sultanate of Egypt السلطنة المصرية (Arabic) Salṭanat al-Miṣrīyya
1914–1922
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Salam Affandina
Green: Sultanate of Egypt Light green: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium Lightest green: Ceded from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Italian Libya in 1919
Status	Protectorate of the United Kingdom
Capital	Cairo
Official languages	Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam Coptic Orthodox Church Judaism
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Sultan
• 1914–1917	Hussein Kamel
• 1917–1922	Fuad I
British High Commissioner
• 1914–1916	Henry McMahon
• 1916–1919	Reginald Wingate
• 1919–1925	Edmund Allenby
Prime Minister
• 1914–1919 (first)	Hussein Rushdi
• 1921 (last)	Adli Yakan
Historical era	World War I • Interwar period
• Established	19 December 1914
• Revolution	1919–1922
• Independence	28 February 1922
• Coronation of Fuad I	15 March 1922
Population
• 1917[1]	12,751,000
Currency	Egyptian pound
ISO 3166 code	EG
Preceded by Succeeded by Khedivate of Egypt Kingdom of Egypt

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The Sultanate of Egypt (Arabic: السلطنة المصرية, romanized: Salṭanat al-Miṣrīyya) was the short-lived protectorate that the United Kingdom imposed over Egypt between 1914 and 1922.