Ahmed ‘Urabi (Arabi Pasha), 1841-1911
Original illustration from the history of the war in the Soudan circa 1886. Info from wiki: Ahmad Ourabi,[2] was an Egyptian nationalist, revolutionary and an officer of the Egyptian army. The first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin, ‘Urabi participated in an 1879 mutiny that developed into a general revolt against the Anglo-French dominated administration of Khedive Tewfik. 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 that deposed ‘Urabi and his allies in favor of a British occupation. ‘Urabi was tried by the restored Khedivate for rebellion on 3 December 1882. He was defended by British solicitor Richard Eve[7] and Alexander Meyrick Broadley. According to Elizabeth Thompson, 'Urabi's defense stressed the idea that despite the fact that he had been illegally incarcerated by Riyad Pasha and the Khedive Tawfik he had still responded in a manner allowed under Egyptian law and with the hopes that the khedivate remain after his intervention, thus demonstrating loyalty to the Egyptian people as required by his duties.[8] In accordance with an understanding made with the British representative, Lord Dufferin, ‘Urabi pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death, but the sentence was immediately commuted to one of banishment for life.[9] He left Egypt on 28 December 1882 for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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