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Egypt is an independent sovereign state. The British protectorate, declared on 18 Dec. 1914, terminated on 28 Feb. 1922, and the Sultan was proclaimed king on 15 March 1922.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1957). Egypt. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270862_25
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