1919 Egyptian Revolution
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.
| Egyptian Revolution of 1919 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 | |||||||||
Demonstration in Egypt in 1919 | |||||||||
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Egyptian protesters
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| Reginald Wingate | Saad Zaghloul | ||||||||
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29 British servicemen killed 1 Australian serviceman killed 31 European civilians killed | |||||||||
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800 killed 1,600 | |||||||||
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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.