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Naguib spent his formative years in Sudan, where, as a child, ostriches and monkeys were his playmates, in a house decorated with hunting trophies like elephant tusks, tiger-skin rugs and rhinoceros and gazelle heads on the wall. Naguib's favourite game, however, was playing at soldiers with his younger brother, Ali. Having built a toy fortress in the front yard, Naguib would spend hours conquering inches of land with his toy soldiers.{{c
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Nevertheless, Naguib's father did not want his sons to follow in his footsteps, believing from his own experience as an officer in [[the Egyptian army]] that the army at that time was little more than a group of auxiliaries waiting for British orders. He believed that Naguib could serve Egypt better in civilian life, and he even had Ibrahim Urabi, son of the 1882 revolutionary [[Ahmed Urabi]], speak to Naguib and caution him that by joining the military he would become only "a supervisor in the service of the British."

As a result, Naguib first studied to become a translator, and later in his life earned a law degree, an MA in [[political science]] and another MA in [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]]. He never completed his doctorate because his career in the army, undertaken in defiance of his father's wishes, by then had begun to take off. Nevertheless, he found the time to polish his language skills, learning [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[German language|German]]. Naguib also began to study the [[Hebrew language]] in the 1950s, and soon after the Revolution he ordered that Hebrew be taught at military college and at Cairo and Alexandria universities, realising that the Egyptian army had been handicapped during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] by the fact that very few soldiers could interpret Israeli communications.{{cnitation needed|date=March 2015}}

While studying in [[Khartoum]], Naguib had often been censured and sometimes even whipped by his British tutors for criticizing Britain's occupation of [[Egypt]] and [[Sudan]]. At this time, Naguib chose [[Napoleon]] as a role model, even deciding to sleep on the floor instead of on a bed to imitate the great French general. Soon, however, Napoleon was replaced in Naguib's affections by [[Mustafa Kamil Pasha|Mustafa Kamil]], the founder of the [[National Democratic Party (Egypt(contracted; show full)s to the British, allowing them to choose the prime minister, Naguib sent in his resignation, saying that ''"since the army was not called upon to defend Your Majesty, I am ashamed to wear this uniform and ask your permission to resign."''. On this occasion, Farouk turned down Naguib's resignation. He again attempted to resign in 1951 when [[Hussein Serri Amer]], widely thought to be corrupt, was made head of the Coast Guard. Again, the resignation was refused.

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, Naguib had continued to climb the military ladder, serving in Palestine during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War|Palestine War]] in 1948.<ref name=eb/> While on active service in Palestine, Naguib would dedicate 30&nbsp;minutes every morning to reading the Qur'an, a habit he picked up in childhood, to strengthen his resolve in times of adversity.

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Farouk was contemplating removing Naguib from his post when Egypt was thrown into turmoil following the 26 January [[Cairo Fire]]s. Meanwhile, the noose was beginning to tighten around the Free Officers, and investigations being carried out to uncover dissidents in the army. The executive committee of the Officers' Club was dissolved and the Free Officers brought their plans for a revolution three years forward, taking power in July 1952.

==Revolution of 1952==

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[[File:Ma Bufang and Muhammad Naguib.jpg|left|thumb|150px|President Muhammad Naguib with [[Hui people|Chinese Muslim]] [[Kuomintang]] [[National Revolutionary Army]] General [[Ma Bufang]]]]
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