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The British deposed the Egyptian Khedive (Egypt's ruler's title before His Sultanic Highness), replacing him with a family member who was made Sultan of Egypt. With the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 , the departure of the British from Egypt, and the proclamation of the Kingdom of Egypt in 1922, the country was recognized by the United Kingdom as ...
"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios , North London , in July 1977 and quickly acquired a following after it was put in rotation on BBC Radio London .
Sultan of Egypt was the status held by the rulers of Egypt after the establishment of the Ayyubid dynasty of Saladin in 1174 until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Though the extent of the Egyptian Sultanate ebbed and flowed, it generally included Sham and Hejaz, with the consequence that the Ayyubid and later Mamluk sultans were also regarded as the Sultans of Syria.
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Tuman Bay (Arabic: الأشرف أبو النصر طومان باي), better known as Tuman Bay II and Tumanbay II (طومان باي; c. 1476 – 15 April 1517) was the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt before the country's conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. [2]
Anonymous Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in Damascus.The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon. [1]Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (Arabic: السلطان أبو النصر سيف الدين الأشرف قايتباي; c. 1416/1418 – 7 August 1496) [a] was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H ...
They together had one daughter, Khawand Fatima, [11]: 409 who married Sultan Barsbay, [12] and died on 30 August 1469. [13] Another wife was the daughter of Sudun al-Faqih. [11]: 43 Another wife was Khawand Sa'adat. [14] She was the daughter of Sirghitmish, and had been previously married to Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh. They married on 4 August 1421.
the Swing King, a special cricket ball designed for swing bowling; Teddy Stauffer, German swing musician; Buddy Schwimmer, American swing dancer; Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian swing bowler; The Sultan of Swing may refer to: Wasim Akram, Pakistani swing bowler; Sultans of Swing, song by British band Dire Straits