er, retained significant rights to operate within Egypt with little interference from the Egyptian government (including the stationing of military personnel in Egypt, legal jurisdiction over British nationals in Egypt, control of the Suez Canal, and virtual control over Egypt's international relations). In fact, the Egyptians had little political independence after 1922. A 1936 treaty between Britain and Egypt provided Egypt with greater political autonomy, although Britain continued to have the right to station military personnel in Egypt, control the Suez Canal, and exercise almost complete control over the Sudan, then a dependency of Egypt. This state of affairs lasted through the
end of the end of the Second World War and beyond. Egypt did not abrogate the 1936 treaty with Britain until 1951.
In the summer of 1952, the Society of Free Officers, led by Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser, forced King Farouk to abdicate, and assumed control of the Egyptian government. A republic was proclaimed in the summer of t
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