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65112231947ConspiracyMilitary coup

Egypt, 1947 — military coup conspiracy

Egypt (EGY)North Africa, AfricaDecember 23, 1947

Event Summary

The dataset records an event coded as a military coup conspiracy in Egypt on 23 December 1947, during the second government of Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha under King Farouk, at a moment of acute national tension over the Palestine question. On 29 November 1947 the UN General Assembly had voted to partition Palestine, which all six Arab member states opposed, and December 1947 saw large protests in Cairo demanding Egyptian action in Palestine, as street agitation and the rising power of the Muslim Brotherhood strained the monarchy. The Nokrashy government, already weakened by the bungled response to the 1947 cholera epidemic that killed tens of thousands, faced growing coup rumors, particularly around the Brotherhood, which had been implicated in political violence.

No discrete documentation of a distinct military coup plot on this specific date appears in accessible English sources. Farouk led Egypt into the disastrous 1948 war with Israel, Nokrashy was assassinated by a Brotherhood member in December 1948, and the monarchy itself was overthrown by the Free Officers in 1952.

Researched Details

Researched

Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.

Target identified in Coup Atlas research: King Farouk and the Nokrashy government held power in late 1947; the monarchy was overthrown only by the Free Officers in 1952
RESEARCHED NAME
Key figures
King Farouk (monarch of Egypt, target)
Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (prime minister, target)
Muslim Brotherhood (source of coup rumors and political violence)

Sources

On 29 November 1947 the UN General Assembly voted to partition Palestine, which all six Arab member states including Egypt opposed.
SOURCE REVIEWED New Lines Magazine, In Egypt, a Rumor Sparked an Overthrow open source ↗
In December 1947 a large protest in Cairo called for Egyptian action in Palestine, and many Egyptians believed a war against the new state of Israel would be an easy victory.
SOURCE REVIEWED Kiddle, Farouk of Egypt facts for kids open source ↗
The bumbling response of the Egyptian authorities to the 1947 cholera epidemic, which killed 80,000 people, was an additional cause of criticism of the government.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Farouk of Egypt open source ↗
Prime Minister Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated by a Muslim Brotherhood member on 28 December 1948, and King Farouk was overthrown by the Free Officers in July 1952.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia, Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi open source ↗

Editorial Note

No discrete documentation of a military coup plot precisely on 23 December 1947 in Egypt was found in accessible English sources this session; the entry records the dataset's coding and the verified context of the Nokrashy government amid the Palestine partition crisis and rising Brotherhood agitation, with the specific plot unconfirmed and flagged as context only. First Egypt record in the dataset run; the 1952 Free Officers coup is a separate base event.

Cross-Reference

Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.

Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:

Cline Center id
65112231947

How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.

Outcome and Target

Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: King Farouk and the Nokrashy government held power in late 1947; the monarchy was overthrown only by the Free Officers in 1952.

Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.

Baseline Dataset Citation

Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset, v2.2.2
Peyton, Buddy, Joseph Bajjalieh, Michael Martin, and Andrea Gerald. 2026. Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset. Cline Center for Advanced Social Research. V.2.2.2. February 17. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. doi: 10.13012/B2IDB-9651987_V10
⚑ This citation establishes the coded baseline record; use the claim-level sources above for the researched narrative.

Baseline Source-Document Entries

New York Times

“ARMY PLOT IN EGYPT DETAILED BY INQUIRY,” December 24, 1947

This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →

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