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Bookmark or Share- Farouk, the last king of Egypt: A monarch who was dapper yet divisive ...King Farouk of Egypt, the 10th ruler from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, circa 1939. Getty Images. It was March 1965 and an Egyptian man widely regarded as garish and self-indulgent was hosting a midnight supper at the Ile de France restaurant in Rome.
- Farouk I | Reign, Abdication & Monarchy | BritannicaFarouk I was the king of Egypt from 1936 to 1952. Although initially quite popular, the internal rivalries of his administration and his alienation of the military—coupled with his increasing excesses and eccentricities—led to his downfall and to the formation of a republic.
- Farouk of Egypt - WikipediaFarouk I (/ fəˈruːk /; Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.
- The Abdication of King Farouk - History TodayPaunchy, balding and bloated, Farouk was 32 and had been in power for 16 years when he lost his throne. The Egyptian monarchy had been set up by the British in the 1920s and Farouk had been king for sixteen years since succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936.
- Farouk I - Encyclopedia.comFarouk I (1920-1965) was the second king of modern Egypt. Though he was dynamic and a nationalist, the realization of being powerless under British sovereignty turned his interests from statecraft to the gratification of his desires.
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