Ahmed Urabi
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Ahmed ʻUrabi ([ˈæħmæd ʕoˈɾɑːbi]; Arabic: أحمد عرابي ; 31 March 1841 – 21 September 1911), also known as Ahmed Ourabi or Orabi Pasha,[1][2] was an Egyptian military officer.[3][4] He was the first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin (peasantry), ʻUrabi participated in an 1879 mutiny that developed into the ʻUrabi revolt against the administration of Khedive Tewfik, which was under the influence of an Anglo-French consortium.[5] He was promoted to Tewfik's cabinet and began reforms of Egypt's military and civil administrations, but the demonstrations in Alexandria of 1882 prompted a British bombardment and invasion which led to the capture of ʻUrabi and his allies and the imposition of British control in Egypt. ʻUrabi and his allies were sentenced by Tewfik into exile far away in British Ceylon, as a form of punishment.[6]
Ahmed ʻUrabi Pasha | |
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Prime Minister of Egypt | |
In office 1 July 1882 – 13 September 1882 | |
Monarch | Tewfik Pasha |
Preceded by | Raghib Pasha |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Sherif Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | (1841-03-31)March 31, 1841 Zagazig, Egypt Eyalet |
Died | September 21, 1911(1911-09-21) (aged 70) Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Egypt |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | Egyptian–Ethiopian War ʻUrabi revolt Anglo-Egyptian War |