Events in the year 1922 in Egypt.
Incumbents
King: Fuad I of Egypt Prime minister: Adly Yakan Pasha (until 1 March); Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha (until 30 November); Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (onwards)
Events April 24 – 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. November 4 – 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.
Births
April 1 – Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011) July 13 – Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011) November 14 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
Deaths
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