Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt by Robert Bauval & Ahmed Osman

Author:Robert Bauval & Ahmed Osman [Bauval, Robert & Osman, Ahmed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 5.13. General Mohammad Naguib, first President of Egypt, 1953–1954 (photo courtesy Al-Ahram)

Now with the British support he had once enjoyed being totally neutralized, Farouk asked the United States for help, but to no avail. On July 25, the army moved to Alexandria where the king was in residence at his palace at Montazah (east of the city). Terrified, the king moved to Ras el Teen Palace on the waterfront of the western harbor where his private yacht, al-Mahrousa, was anchored and always readied to sail. Naguib, however, gave strict orders to the captain of al-Mahrousa not to sail without specific instructions from the army, while the Free Officers debated what to do with the king. Some, including Naguib and Nasser, favored exile, while others wanted to put him on trial and execute him for “crimes committed against the Egyptian people.” They finally agreed that Farouk should abdicate and leave the throne to his son, the crown prince Ahmed Fuad, who would become King Fuad II, but with a regency council appointed by the army. Naguib then issued this statement (more like a warning) to Farouk.

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