CAIRO, Egypt -- President Hosni Mubarak led mourners Wednesday at the military funeral of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib, Egypt's first president and father-figure of the 1952 revolution who later lost a power struggle to Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Naguib, who personally demanded King Farouk's abdication on behalf of a junta of army officers led by Nasser, died Tuesday at age 83. The authoritative Al Ahram newspaper said he was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.

After early morning prayers at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque in suburban Nasr City, Naguib's coffin, draped in the red-white-and-black Egyptian flag, was carried on a gun carriage drawn by six horses as brass bands played funeral music.

Mubarak and hundreds of mourners, including government officials, foreign diplomats and family members, marched behind the carriage. Mubarak, wearing dark glasses, a dark suit and a black tie, appeared grim as he marched in the front line.

The mourners also included three members of the defunct Revolution Command Council, which ruled Egypt after the abolition of the monarchy.

Military bands, uniformed representatives of the armed forces and bearers of wreaths made up the front of the procession, which marched for half a mile to the Monument of the Unknown Soldier.

Condolences were exchanged at the monument and then an ambulance took Naguib's body for burial at the 'Martyrs' Cemetery' on the eastern fringe of Cairo, the Middle East News Agency said.

Al Ahram said Naguib became seriously ill last Sunday, when he was rushed to the Kubba military hospital. He went into a coma and died Tuesday night, the newspaper said.

Sources close to the family said Naguib's health has been frail ever since he suffered a stroke a year ago.

Married three times, Naguib is survived by a widow and a son.

Naguib, second-in-command of Egyptian troops during the 1948 war with Israel, set in motion the 1952 revolution by beating Farouk's candidate for the presidency of the Officer's Club.

The angry Farouk declared the election void. Nasser, seizing the occasion, staged his long-prepared revolution around midnight July 22, 1952. He asked Naguib to assume public leadership of the movement, proclaiming him commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Nasser also elevated Naguib to prime minister and then president in 1953.

But later, Naguib lost to Nasser in a bitter power struggle and was placed under house arrest in November 1954. He regained his freedom only after Nasser's death and Anwar Sadat's rise to power in 1970.