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Abdeen Palace

1874 · 19th century

Abdeen Palace is a royal palace in central Cairo, built for Khedive Ismail and completed in 1874, and the main residence of Egypt's rulers until 1952. On 4 February 1942 British tanks surrounded it while Ambassador Miles Lampson forced King Farouk to appoint a Wafd government under Mustafa el-Nahhas. It is now a museum and presidential palace.

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Kingdom of Egypt

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abdeen Palace. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abdeen-palace
MLA: “Abdeen Palace.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abdeen-palace. Accessed .
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