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Ahmed Urabi ([ˈæħmæd ʕoˈɾɑːbi]; Arabic: أحمد عرابي; 31 March 1841 – 21 September 1911), also known as Ahmed Ourabi or Orabi Pasha, was an Egyptian military officer. He was the first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin (peasantry).
It was led by and named for Colonel Ahmed Urabi and sought to depose the khedive, Tewfik Pasha, and end Imperial British and French influence over the country. The uprising was ended by the Anglo-Egyptian War and the British takeover of the country, beginning the history of Egypt under the British.
ʿUrābī Pasha (born 1839, near Al-Zaqāzīq, Egypt—died September 21, 1911, Cairo) was an Egyptian nationalist who led a social-political movement that expressed the discontent of the Egyptian educated classes, army officials, and peasantry with foreign control.
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Mar 31, 2022 · CAIRO – 31 March 2022: On this day, Egyptian leader Ahmed Orabi was born, in the year 1841. He is the leader of the Orabi revolution against Khedive Tawfiq and reached the position of “overseer of jihadism”, now known as the Ministry of Defense.
Ahmed Urabi Pasha (31 March 1841-21 September 1911) was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1 July to 13 September 1882, succeeding Raghib Pasha and preceding Mohamed Sherif Pasha. Urabi was the first Egyptian peasant to rise to a position of political and military power, and he led the nationalist...
Over the course of 1881–82, carefully constructed images of Ahmed Urabi became the face of the Anglo-Egyptian crisis in the British press. Images and descriptions of Urabi were portrayed to the British public as both the cause and symptom of the Egyptian people’s inability to govern themselves.
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...
