1922 in Egypt
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Incumbents
- King: Fuad I of Egypt[1]
- Prime minister: Adly Yakan Pasha (until 1 March);[2] Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha (until 30 November); Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (onwards)
Events
- April 24 â The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy network created to link the British Empire, is opened, from the UK to Egypt.[3]
- November 4 â Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun: in Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to the pharaonic tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.[4]
Births
- April 1 â Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011)[5]
- July 13 â Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011)[6]
- November 14 â Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2016)[7]