What is Urabi revolt?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = ʻUrabi revolt | image = Anglo-egyptian war.jpg | caption = Portrayal of the revolt by ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'' | date = 1879–1882 | place = Egypt | result = Revolt suppressed *[[Ahmed Urabi|Urabi]] exiled * [[Anglo-Egyptian War|British intervention in Egypt]] | combatant1 = {{ubl |{{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Khedivate of Egypt]]}}{{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|name=United Kingdom}} * {{flagcountry|British India}} | combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Ahmed ʻUrabi|ʻUrabi]] forces | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Tewfik Pasha]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley|Garnet Wolseley]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester|Beauchamp Seymour]] | commander2 = {{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Ahmed ʻUrabi]]<br />{{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Mahmoud Fehmy]]<br />{{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} [[Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi|Mahmoud el-Baroudi]] | strength1 = {{flagicon image|Egypt flag 1882.svg}} 36,000 (1879)<br />{{flagicon|UK}} 40,560 (1882) | strength2 = {{ubl|11,300 [[standing army|regulars]]|50,000 [[reservists]] and [[Irregular military|irregular troops]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Featherstone |first1=Donald |title=Tel El-Kebir 1882 |date=1993 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |pages=40–41}}</ref>}} | image_size = 300 }} Ahmed Urabi was originally from a rural village in the Nile Delta. However, he rose to become a military officer later. He was quite popular amongst the rural population in Egypt.<ref>Huffaker, S. (2012). Representations of Ahmed Urabi: Hegemony, Imperialism, and the British Press, 1881–1882. Victorian Periodicals Review 45(4), 375-405. https://doi.org/10.1353/vpr.2012.0035.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:History of Egypt]] [[Category:1879 in Africa]]