 Nahas fell out with his patron, Makram Ebeid and expelled him from the Wafd at the instigation of his wife.Ebeid retaliated with "The Black Book", a detailed expose published in the spring of 1943 listing 108 cases of major corruption involving Nahas and his wife.On 29 March 1943, Ebeid visited the Abdeen Palace to present Farouk with a copy of "The Black Book" and asked that he dismiss Nahas for corruption.