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Ahmed ‘Urabi
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Egyptian army officer and revolutionary (1841–1911)
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Ahmed ‘Urabi was an Egyptian politician and military personnel who served as a brigadier and miralay. He was educated at Al-Azhar University and spoke Arabic, which was also his native language. His religious worldview was Islam. During his career, he participated in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Urabi revolt. He held the noble titles of bey and pasha.
‘Urabi was a citizen of the Egypt eyalet and the Khedivate of Egypt. He died in Cairo on September 21, 1911. His name in his native language is أحمد عرابي. He is described by sources including the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Tewfik Pasha
- Preceded by
- Raghib Pasha
- Succeeded by
- Mohamed Sherif Pasha
- Born
- ( 1841-03-31 ) March 31, 1841, Zagazig , Egypt Eyalet , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- September 21, 1911 (1911-09-21) (aged 70), Cairo , Khedivate of Egypt , Ottoman Empire
- Allegiance
- Egypt
- Branch service
- Egyptian Army
- Rank
- Brigadier general
- Battles wars
- Egyptian–Ethiopian War , ʻUrabi revolt , Anglo-Egyptian War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Al-Azhar University
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Noble title
- pasha
- Conflict
- Urabi revolt
- Military rank
- miralay
- Image
- Ahmed Orabi 1882.png
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- Commons category
- Ahmed Orabi
- date of birth
- 1839-01-01
- date of death
- 1911-01-01
- name in native language
- أحمد عرابي
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/arabi_baja.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
Ahmed Urabi ([ˈæħmæd ʕoˈɾɑːbi]; Arabic: أحمد عرابي; 31 March 1841 – 21 September 1911), also known as Ahmed Orabi, Ahmed Arabi or Orabi Pasha, was an Egyptian military officer. He was the first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin (peasantry). Urabi 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. 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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahmed ‘Urabi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.