yaish farouq, king of egypt, yaish farouq. headquarters. centurion tanks, armed cars of the royal dugrones and men of the lanka fusiliers prepare to attack egyptian police . the surrender demand has been ignored and now fire opens up as general erskin takes turn measures. belonging to england and france were burned in cairo. the people were all in a state of turmoil , the king had not changed the ministry of all the three cities, and the palace was the one without power, cairo was burning and the face of cairo was burning. the burning shows that this people is burning in its soul , burning in its soul, and burning in the heart of egypt, a barrel of gunpowder and ready to explode at any moment. finally, the group that nasser and his friends had been organizing for years made their decision. zabat al-ahrar or free officers decided. a coup depose king farouk and declare a republic in egypt. in the early hours of july 23, 1952 , nasser, along with a small circle of his friends , informed king farooq that the army was no longer under his command