Historedia
Episode 2 of 3

Urabi Revolt and Joint Note

When
1881–January 1882
Where
Egypt
Part of
British occupation of Cairo, 1882

Ahmed Urabi mutinied against Khedive Tewfik Pasha in 1881, leading to unrest and a Joint Note in 1882.

In 1881, Ahmed Urabi mutinied against Khedive Tewfik Pasha to end British and French influence. Opposition to international control formed under Urabi, leading to unrest in autumn 1881. In January 1882, British and French governments sent a Joint Note recognizing the Khedive's authority.

Sources

  1. Anglo-Egyptian War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12
  2. Bombardment of Alexandria Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.