King Farouk, 1936 – 1952
04/28/1936 AD inherited
Fuad left Farouk a fortune worth about USD $100 million (a sum worth USD $1,862,130,434 in 2020 dollars when adjusted for inflation) plus 75,000 acres of land in the Nile river valley, five palaces, 200 cars and 2 yachts.
Farouk's biographer, William Stadiem, wrote:
"Yet no pharaoh, no Mameluke, no khedive ever began a reign with such unquestionable, enthusiastic goodwill as King Farouk. And none was as unprepared to rule. Here was a completely sheltered, virtually uneducated sixteen-year old, expected to fill the spats of his wily, politically astute father in a loaded tug-of-war between nationalism, imperialism, constitutionalism, and monarchy".
Farouk's first act as king was to visit Buckingham Palace to accept the condolences of King Edward VIII, one of the few Englishmen whom Farouk liked, and then he went to Victoria Station to take a train to Dover and was seen off by the Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden.
Subjects Who or What inherited?
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Farouk of Egypt King of Egypt and ...
Objects To Whom or What was inherited?
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Egypt Nation
Events in 1936 MORE
