Farouk I

[fah-rook, fuh-]

noun

1. Faruk I.

Farouk I

/ fəˈruːk /

noun

1. 1920–65, last king of Egypt (1936–52). He was forced to abdicate (1952)

Example Sentences

The remains of Queen Farida - the wife of King Farouk I, who was overthrown in a 1952 coup - were moved to a mosque after her tomb was destroyed.

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But despite his unpopularity at the time, the sentiment towards Farouk I seems to have changed somewhat in the last few years.

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In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk I. In 1967, a week of deadly race-related rioting that claimed 43 lives erupted in Detroit.

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Still it was army officers who chucked out Egypt's last monarch in 1952, peaceably escorting Farouk I to Alexandria and putting him on a boat.

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Farouk I took the throne in 1936, aged just 16 years old.

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