Egypt, 1954 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a military coup conspiracy in Egypt on 28 April 1954, in the immediate aftermath of the two-month power struggle between Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser and President Muhammad Naguib within the Revolutionary Command Council that had governed since the July 1952 coup. When the popular Naguib pressed for a return to civilian constitutional rule and drew closer to the Wafd and the Muslim Brotherhood, Nasser moved to depose him: Naguib was briefly ousted and placed under house arrest in late February 1954, provoking a pro-Naguib mutiny within the army, and on 25 March the RCC announced it would surrender power to a constituent assembly on 24 July. Through April to June 1954, Nasser purged the military of pro-Naguib elements, with hundreds of Naguib's supporters in the armed forces arrested or dismissed.
The coded late-April 1954 conspiracy fits this purge of the pro-Naguib military faction as Nasser consolidated control over the army.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
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
65104281954
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Nasser purged pro-Naguib officers and consolidated control; Naguib was formally removed in November 1954.
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
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
New York Times
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 →