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As Queen Nazli gives birth to her son Farouk, his father,...Read more Fuad I, tries to secure his position as heir, which gets approved by Britain.
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Saad Zaghloul clashes with Fuad I over the powers of the...Read more king as mandated by the constitution. The king gets mad when Farouk repeats the pro-Saad Zaghloul chants, taking it as far as whipping him as punishment. Nazli is angered by Fuad's attempt to control her relationship with her son.
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As Farouk starts being tutored, he goes to London on a...Read more scholarship. Fuad I's health goes downhill, leaving Nazli concerned about Prince Mohammed Ali's aspirations for the throne.
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4th Episode
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Mostafa El-Nahas heads the new cabinet. As Fuad I passes...Read more away, Farouk becomes king, but the issue of Prince Mohammed Ali's presence on the regency council is raised. A ceremony is prepared for Farouk's return to Egypt.
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5th Episode
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As Sir Lampson tries to earn Farouk's confidence, he asks...Read more the king to kick the Italian garrison out of court. Mostafa El-Nahas tries to get Farouk on his side.
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6th Episode
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Prince Mohammed Ali is angered when a photo is published of...Read more Nazli while ice skating during a trip abroad. Farouk gets close to Farida. As Nazli falls in love with Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, she tries to convince Farouk to ally with Mostafa El-Nahas.
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7th Episode
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As the coronation ceremony leads to a dispute between Farouk...Read more and Mostafa El-Nahas, they soon reach an accord. Farouk proposes to Farida. Ahmed Hassanein's wife badmouths the king.
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8th Episode
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As Aly Maher drives a wedge between the king and Mostafa...Read more El-Nahas, tensions rise as the situation escalates. The king challenges the British High Commissioner over the matter of his entourage. Aly Maher favors the proponents of Saad Zaghloul in terms of political appointments.
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9th Episode
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As Farouk takes to spending his nights with his Italian...Read more friends, the people at court grow concerned, which leads the king to forbid his friends from coming into the palace after he faces tremendous pressure. Farouk turns on Aly Maher.
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10th Episode
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Ahmed Hassanein Pasha grows upset with Nazli's behavior and...Read more late evenings. When Nazli tells Farouk that she wants to marry Ahmed Hassanein, he turns against her as his psychological state grows worse. When Aly Maher returns from his travels, he meets with him about his last speech.
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11th Episode
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Nazli decides to give Ahmed Hassanein 500 acres of her land,...Read more but Farouk opposes her decision, which puts Ahmed Hassanein in a tough spot. Farouk confronts his mother about her relationship with the regent for the throne of Hungary.
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12th Episode
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When Prince Mohammed Ali talks ill about Nazli, Ahmed...Read more Hassanein and Farouk devise a plan to discipline him. As England joins the war against Nazi Germany, the power balance shifts in the world because of WWII.
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13th Episode
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Farouk is angered when Sir Lampson interferes in Egypt's...Read more affairs and refuses his request to change the cabinet. As Farouk complains to King George VI about Lampson's overstepping, George VI takes Farouk's side. Farouk gets angry at Farida for her failure to bear a son.
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14th Episode
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At Hassan Sabry Pasha's request, Ahmed Hassanein becomes the...Read more Chief of the Royal Diwan. Hassan Sabry ends up in trouble when the news about him being awarded a medal from the king is leaked. Hassan Sabry Pasha dies on the floor of the Parliament as a new session starts.
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15th Episode
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Ahmed Hassanein Pasha tries to convince Farouk I to appoint...Read more Hussein Serry Pasha as Prime Minister, a proposal that the king reluctantly accepts. Aly Maher tries to convince the king to ally with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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16th Episode
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Farouk I is thrilled when Nazis take control of El Salloum....Read more As the king tries to mend bridges with the members of the Wafd party, he asks them to form a coalition government. Alexandria falls victim to numerous raids.
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17th Episode
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As Farouk I tries to confirm that his sister is alright in...Read more Iran, tensions rise on a global scale as the US joins the war. As the king opposes the idea of cutting ties off with Vichy France, he asks to meet Mostafa El-Nahas as soon as possible.
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18th Episode
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Various parties hold negotiations to form a coalition...Read more government under the leadership of Mostafa El-Nahas. The British forces besiege the royal palace in order to pressure Farouk into agreeing to their demands.
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19th Episode
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As the king acquiesces to the demand to have Mostafa...Read more El-Nahas form the government, Mostafa El-Nahas loses his temper while talking to Lampson. El-Nahas faces backlash due to the way he came into office.
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20th Episode
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Mostafa El-Nahas asks Hassan Al-Banna to stop engaging in...Read more politics. Farida grows jealous when Farouk starts frequenting Shivakiar's parties. Tensions rise between El-Nahas and Makram Ebeid after Fouad Serageddin gets appointed to the government. Aly Maher is put on house arrest.
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21st Episode
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As the conflict between Mostafa El-Nahas and Makram Ebeid...Read more becomes public, Makram refuses to resign from office. Aly Maher tries to escape his house arrest, but he ends up getting caught.
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22nd Episode
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Mostafa El-Nahas's insistence on appointing the members of...Read more his party to the government lands him in hot water with the parliament. Makram Ebeid is publicly kicked out of the Wafd party. As General Rommel advances on Egypt, Farouk I gets in touch with the Germans to ally with them against Britain.
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23rd Episode
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Makram Ebeid writes a book to expose the corruption of...Read more Mostafa El-Nahas. The Germans face crushing defeat as WWII goes on. Nazli decides to accompany Farouk's sister to Jerusalem.
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24th Episode
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As Nazli gets involved with the Egyptian consulate in...Read more Jerusalem, she refuses to return to Egypt, leaving the king to ask Mostafa El-Nahas to go to Jerusalem to bring his mother back. The king orders Ahmed Hassanein to marry his mother, Nazli.
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25th Episode
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The king's reckless driving leads to an accident, which...Read more leads him to fracture his pelvis. When the king learns that the Egyptian consulate in Jerusalem has returned to Egypt to a prominent post, he asks for him to be transferred.
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26th Episode
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The king and Ahmed Hassanein try to deceive Mostafa El-Nahas...Read more by pretending that Ahmed Hassanein will replace him as Prime Minister. When El-Nahas finds out about it, he thinks about trying to dethrone the king but eventually reconsiders.
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27th Episode
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Ahmed Hassanein mourns Asmahan's death. Princess Faiza gets...Read more a suitor. The king honors Umm Kulthum. Ahmed Hassanein suffers from heart problems. The king removes Mostafa El-Nahas from his office as Prime Minister.
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28th Episode
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Prime Minister Ahmad Maher Pasha gets assassinated. Farouk...Read more receives troubling news about the illness of his sister Fawzia, Queen of Iran. As Farouk's relationship with Farida reaches a dead end, the king considers divorcing her.
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29th Episode
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When Fawzia returns from Iran without her daughter, the...Read more furious king decides to punish the Iranians for what happened to her. As Amin Osman gets assassinated, chaos breaks out as various assassinations are carried out. Lord Lampson leaves Egypt.
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Ahmed Hassanein Pasha dies in a car accident. Mostafa...Read more El-Nahas reconciles with Makram Ebeid. The king grows angry when he learns that Princess Fathia is involved with the diplomat Riyad Ghali, even though he is a Christian. The Muslim Brotherhood tries to assassinate Mostafa El-Nahas.
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31st Episode
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The Shah of Iran agrees to divorce Princess Fawzia. The king...Read more sends military forces to Palestine in an attempt to resist the Zionist invasion. The king decides to divorce Farida. Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha decides to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood.
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32nd Episode
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Farouk I proposes to Narriman. Mostafa El-Nahas tries to...Read more convince Nazli not to wed Fathia to Riyad Ghali. Farouk excommunicates both Nazli and Fathia and confiscates their lands.
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The king weds Narriman, who gives him the son he has long...Read more hoped for. Fires break out all over Cairo in what goes down in history as the Cairo Fire. The Free Officers movement comes to the surface, leading a revolt against the king. Farouk I willingly abdicates the throne.
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