When the Kingdom of Egypt was established in 1923, the signing of the new nation's constitution was delayed because of King Fuad I's insistence that Al-Azhar and other religious institutions were to be subject to him and not the Egyptian parliament.[21] The King Fuad I Edition of the Qur’an[22] was first published on 10 July 1924 by a committee from Al-Azhar University[23] Prominent committee members included Islamic scholar, Muhammad b.