1882 AD
Britain occupies Egypt after the ʿUrabi revolt
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Companies, trade & extraction · Resistance & colonized agency · Decolonization & independence
Naval intervention and the British victory at Tel el-Kebir defeated Ahmed ʿUrabi’s movement, which demanded limits on foreign control and khedival rule. Egypt remained formally Ottoman but was governed under British occupation, securing debt interests, cotton, and Suez
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