The battle of Ismailia and the Cairo Fire (January 1952)
Point 9 of 9 — Lesson 24: Egypt from the 1936 Treaty to the Cairo Fire (1936-1952)Question bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
09The battle of Ismailia and the Cairo Fire (January 1952)
When the English discovered this, they surrounded the Ismailia governorate building to disarm the police (block) soldiers (25 January 1952).
The interior ministerFouad Serageddin Pasha ordered them to resist, anddozens of them were martyred.
The next day, as the news reached Cairo, demonstrations and protests spread and chaos and unrest broke out, and what is known as theCairo Fire happened on 26 January 1952.
King Faroukdismissed the Wafd governmentand, undermartial law, entrustedAli Maher Pashawith the ministry; but itresigned on 1 March, and several different ministries followed until the revolution of 23 July 1952.
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