History of Egypt as sultan. In 1906, the Dinshaway Incident prompted many neutral Egyptians to join the nationalist movement. After the First World War, Saad Zaghlul and the Wafd Party led the Egyptian nationalist movement to a majority at the local Legislative Assembly. When the British exiled Zaghlul and his associates to Malta on 8 March 1919, the country arose in its first modern revolution. The revolt led the UK government to issue a unilateral declaration of Egypt's independence on 22 February 1922. The new government drafted and implemented a constitution in 1923 based on a parliamentary system. Saad Zaghlul was popularly elected
Officers of the County of Edessa most likely supervised his chancery and acted as "de facto" chancellor. Officers of the County of Edessa The officers (or great officers) of the County of Edessa were the appointed officials in charge of various aspects of the government of the county.The offices they held pertained to the management of the count's household and the military defence of the county. The same offices existed in the other Crusader states, but given the early collapse Edessa (1144) they are poorly attested there. Among the offices recorded at Edessa are those of castellan, chancellor, constable and marshal. Two constables are known: Hervé