الملك فاروق - Malik Farouk Restaurant

Until the 1952 revolution, Egypt was dominated by an elite made up of interrelated families of Turkish, Circassian and Albanian origin known to historians as the Turco-Circassian elite who owned most of the land, upon which the fellaheen Egyptian peasants toiled as tenant farmers.

The Wafd ran a powerful patronage machine in rural Egypt and the enthusiastic response of the fellaheen to the king as he threw gold coins at them during his tours of the countryside was viewed by Nahas as a major threat.

Ebeid retaliated with The Black Book, a detailed expose published in the spring of 1943 listing 108 cases of major corruption involving Nahas and his wife.

At about 12:30 pm, Farouk in the presence of a Supreme Court justice and Caffery, cried as he signed the instrument of abdication.