Word: pasha
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...There was trouble in Jordan, too. Executed for plotting the murder of Jordan's King Abdullah was: 1. Jordan's Premier, Tewfik Pasha...
...Polo Sticks. Faced with British firmness, and unprepared for it, Egyptians reacted with disillusionment and consternation. Nahas Pasha's cabinet was in trouble. Having promised to get the British out of Egypt, if necessary by force, he could not perform his promise. Egypt's under-equipped 80,000-man army, which the Israelis whipped decisively, was no match for Erskine's veterans. The government faced the disappointed wrath of the very crowds it had incited...
...Nahas Pasha temporized by proclaiming a campaign of "civil disobedience." Egyptian dockworkers were ordered not to handle British supplies, thousands of Egyptian laborers and clerks were told to leave their jobs in the Canal Zone. But to do the British serious injury, Nahas Pasha would have to cut off food and water supplies to the Canal Zone. This he hesitated to do, since 250,000 Egyptians living in the zone would be the first to suffer. General Sir Brian Robertson, commander of British Land Forces in the Middle East, was coolly confident as he left London for the Suez...
Dangerous Lottery. Why had Nahas Pasha acted so brazenly, if he could not match deeds with words? One possibility was that, watching Mossadeq's success, he too expected the British lion to roll over and play dead. A likelier explanation was that he badly needed a diversion at home, where there was much talk of corrupt government. King Farouk had returned from his honeymoon distressed by the reports. Recently when 400 acres of land near Alexandria were sold to the poor at bargain prices, the lists proved that among the "poor" new owners were relatives of Nahas Pasha...
...economic crisis was building in Egypt (in the past three weeks, the price of Egyptian cotton has plummeted). Amid such unrest, Nahas Pasha had unleashed the furies of nationalism and the always latent anti-British feeling. It was a desperate and dangerous move. If it failed, El Nahas Pasha's wobbly government might fall...