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Since the death in 1936 of Egypt's corpulent King Fuad, the eyes of Egyptian jellaheen have watched the career of his successor-son, 18-year-old King Farouk I. On returning to Egypt to be crowned, the young King chose a commoner as his intended bride, pert little 16-year-old Sasi Naz Zulfikar, daughter of a palace lady-in-waiting, bestowed on her the name Farida, meaning "The Only One." Bickering resulted in the postponement of the King's marriage until Feb. 11. Bickering last week got Farouk into much deeper hot water...
...toward the end of his rule, he kept an anti-Wafdist, Ali Maher Pasha. Under the new King, Ali Maher was appointed to the Senate and Premier Mustafa Nahas Pasha and his Wafdists hoped they could maintain a monopoly as bestowers of royal advice. Two months ago strong-willed Farouk, without ado, plucked Ali Maher from the Senate and reinstalled him as royal adviser. Premier Nahas protested volubly. Wafdist Blue-shirts, a semimilitary student branch of the party, clashed with pro-Farouk student groups in the streets of Cairo. Farouk remained adamant...
Fortnight ago King and Cabinet clashed again as Premier Nahas' majority Wafdists picked a successor for Ali Maher's vacated Senate seat. Farouk refused to confirm the Cabinet's selection and the thwarted Premier again backed down, agreed to nominate a candidate neutral in the controversy. Last week the bickering came to a head with both King and Cabinet in a bellicose mood. The Cabinet sent Farouk a flat demand that he sign a bill recently passed by Parliament allowing the Premier to distribute, without accounting for, some $195,000 in secret funds for suppression of foreign...
...anticipation of the usual July weather, government officials last January, decided that the Parliament Hall at Cairo would be air conditioned in time for the ascendency of King Farouk. American-trained engineers in Egypt selected the necessary equipment which was rushed from this country and placed in operation just in time for the regal rites. This was confirmed by cable on the day of the event...
...Engaged. Farouk I. King of Egypt, 18; and his childhood friend, Sasi Naz Zulficar, 16-year-old daughter of a judge in the Alexandria Mixed Court of Appeals, granddaughter of onetime Premier Mohamed Said Pasha; in Cairo. The wedding date, Miss Zulfkar's 17th birthday, is almost a year away...