Editing Fuad I of Egypt (section)

==Reign==
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Fuad came under consideration as a candidate for the Albanian throne, but he was ultimately bypassed in favour of a Christian ruler. He ascended the throne of the [[Sultanate of Egypt]] upon the death of his brother [[Hussein Kamel of Egypt|Hussein Kamel]] in 1917. In the aftermath of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 1919]], the United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt, and recognised it as a sovereign state on 28 February 1922. On 15 March 1922, Fuad issued a decree changing his title from [[Sultan of Egypt]] to [[King of Egypt]]. In 1930, he attempted to strengthen the power of the Crown by abrogating the [[1923 Constitution of Egypt|1923 Constitution]] and replacing it with a new constitution that limited the role of parliament to advisory status only. Large scale public dissatisfaction compelled him to restore the earlier constitution in 1935.

[[File:ModernEgypt, Fouad I, DHP13402-1-21 01.jpg|left|thumb|King Fuad with [[Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha]] and other ministers outside of [[Mahatet El Raml|Mahatet ar-Raml]] in Alexandria in the late 1920s]]

[[File:Fuad I on Time Magazine 1923.jpg|thumb|King Fuad I of Egypt on the ninth cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine (28 April 1923)]]

The 1923 Constitution granted Fuad vast powers. He made frequent use of his right to [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolve Parliament]]. During his reign, cabinets were dismissed at royal will, and parliaments never lasted for their full four-year term but were dissolved by decree.<ref>{{cite book|last=Abdalla|first=Ahmed|author-link=Ahmed Abdalla Rozza|title=The Student Movement and National Politics in Egypt, 1923–1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFPoWgTLq0EC&pg=PA4|year=2008|publisher=American University in Cairo Press|isbn=978-977-416-199-5|pages=4–5}}</ref>

===Creation of the Royal Archives===
[[File:King_Fuad_I_of_Egypt,_colored.jpg|alt=King_Fuad_I_of_Egypt,_colored|thumb|Fuad, c. 1934]]
Fuad was an instrumental force in modern Egyptian [[historiography]]. He employed numerous archivists to copy, translate, and arrange eighty-seven volumes of correspondence related to his paternal ancestors from European archives, and later to collect old documents from Egyptian archives into what became the Royal Archives in the 1930s. Fuad's efforts to portray his ancestors – especially his great-grandfather Muhammad Ali, his grandfather [[Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt|Ibrahim]], and his father – as nationalists and benevolent monarchs would prove to be an enduring influence on Egyptian historiography.<ref>Khaled Fahmy, ''Mehmed Ali: From Ottoman Governor to Ruler of Egypt'' (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2009)</ref>