Urabi revolt

ʻUrabi revolt
	; Portrayal of the revolt by The Illustrated London News
Date	1879–1882
Location	Egypt
Result	Revolt suppressed ʻUrabi exiled; British intervention in Egypt;
Belligerents
Khedivate of Egypt; United Kingdom India;	ʻUrabi forces
Commanders and leaders
Tewfik Pasha; Garnet Wolseley; Beauchamp Seymour	Ahmed ʻUrabi; Mahmoud Fehmy; Mahmoud el-Baroudi
Strength
36,000 (1879); 40,560 (1882)	11,300 regulars; 50,000 reservists and irregular troops;

The ʻUrabi revolt, also known as the ʻUrabi Revolution (Arabic: الثورة العرابية), was a nationalist uprising in Khedivate of Egypt from 1879 to 1882. 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.

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