1919 Egyptian revolution

Egyptian revolution of 1919
Part of the revolutions of 1917–1923

Demonstration in Egypt in 1919
DateNovember 1918 – July 1919[citation needed]
Location
Result

Egyptian independence Egyptian victory

Territorial
changes
Egypt
Belligerents

 Britain

Egyptian protesters

Commanders and leaders
British Empire Reginald Wingate Saad Zaghloul
Casualties and losses
29 British servicemen killed
1 Australian serviceman killed [2]
31 European civilians killed
800 killed
1,600

The Egyptian revolution of 1919 (Arabic: ثورة 1919, Thawra 1919) was a nation-wide revolution in the Sultanate of Egypt against British occupation which lasted from November 1918 to July 1919. Occurring right after the end of World War I, the revolution served as the culmination of successive decades of opposition by Egyptian nationalists to the occupation, and was directly sparked by the British-ordered exile of Wafd Party leader Saad Zaghloul and several other party members.[3]

The revolution led to the United Kingdom's subsequent recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 as the Kingdom of Egypt, and the implementation of a new Egyptian constitution in 1923. The British government, however, retained significant levels of influence in Egypt and refused to recognize full Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan or to withdraw British forces from the Suez Canal. These factors that would continue to sour Egypt–United Kingdom relations in the decades leading up to the Egyptian revolution of 1952.

  1. ^ Australian War Memorial – Egyptian Uprising 1919
  2. ^ Tyquin, Michael. Keeping the Peace – Egypt 1919, Journal of the Royal United Services Institute, Vol. 61, No. 4, December 2010.
  3. ^ 1919 The People of Egypt Revolution

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