In October 1951, the Egyptian government unilaterally abrogated the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Treaty_of_1936>, the terms of which granted Britain a lease on the Suez base for 20 more years.[29] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis#cite_note-29> Britain refused to withdraw from Suez, relying upon its treaty rights, as well as the sheer presence of the Suez garrison. The price of such a course of action was a steady escalation in increasingly violent hostility towards Britain and British troops in Egypt, which the Egyptian authorities did little to curb.
On 25 January 1952, British attempts to disarm a troublesome auxiliary police force barracks in Ismailia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismailia> resulted in the deaths of 41 Egyptians.[30]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis#cite_note-Darwin_208-30> This in turn led to anti-Western riots in Cairo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo> resulting in heavy damage to property and the deaths of several foreigners, including 11 British citizens.[30]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis#cite_note-Darwin_208-30> This proved to be a catalyst for the removal of the Egyptian monarchy. On 23 July 1952 a military coup<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952> by the 'Free Officers Movement<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Officers_Movement_(Egypt)>'—led by Muhammad Neguib <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Neguib> and future Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdul_Nasser>—overthrew King Farouk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt> and established an Egyptian republic.
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