Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt

Name: Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt
Author: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Ahmad Urabi

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Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Being a Personal Narrative of Events

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Paul Clark, Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2012-11-16

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Egypt -- History -- British occupation, 1882-1936 Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1882-1952 Egypt -- History -- Tawfīq, 1879-1892

About the authors

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

1840–1922

A poet, traveler, and outspoken political critic, he moved through the high society of Victorian Britain while fiercely challenging imperial power abroad and authority at home. His writing blends elegant verse with sharp diary observations, making him a fascinating witness to the tensions of his age.

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Ahmad Urabi

1840–1911

A farmer’s son who became the face of Egyptian resistance, he rose through the army to challenge foreign influence and elite rule. His revolt in the early 1880s made him one of the best-known figures in modern Egyptian history.

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