Urabi revolt

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ʻUrabi revolt

Portrayal of the revolt by The Illustrated London News
Date1879–1882
Location
Egypt
Result

Revolt suppressed

Belligerents
 United Kingdom ʻUrabi forces
Commanders and leaders
Tewfik Pasha
United Kingdom Garnet Wolseley
United Kingdom Beauchamp Seymour
Ahmed ʻUrabi
Mahmoud Fehmy
Mahmoud el-Baroudi
Strength
36,000 (1879)
United Kingdom 40,560 (1882)

Ahmed Urabi was originally from a rural village in the Nile Delta. However, he rose to become a military officer later. He was quite popular amongst the rural population in Egypt[2].

References[change | change source]

  1. Featherstone, Donald (1993). Tel El-Kebir 1882. Osprey Publishing. pp. 40–41.
  2. Huffaker, S. (2012). Representations of Ahmed Urabi: Hegemony, Imperialism, and the British Press, 1881–1882. Victorian Periodicals Review 45(4), 375-405. https://doi.org/10.1353/vpr.2012.0035.