1919 Egyptian Revolution

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The 1919 Egyptian Revolution was a nationwide uprising against British colonial rule that marked a pivotal step toward Egypt’s independence and the rise of modern Egyptian nationalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial movement ⓘ
nationalist uprising ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
characterizedBy attacks on railways and telegraph lines ⓘ
boycotts of British goods and institutions ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
consequence drafting of the 1923 Egyptian Constitution ⓘ
emergence of Saad Zaghloul as a national leader ⓘ
increased political participation of women in Egypt ⓘ
rise of modern Egyptian nationalism ⓘ
strengthening of the Wafd Party ⓘ
symbolic unity of Muslims and Copts in Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
endTime 1922 ⓘ
hasCause British control over Egyptian politics and administration ⓘ
British protectorate over Egypt declared in 1914 ⓘ
Egyptian demands for independence after World War I ⓘ
economic hardship during and after World War I ⓘ
exile of Saad Zaghloul and Wafd leaders by British authorities ⓘ
hasLegacy commemorated as a foundational moment in modern Egyptian history ⓘ
hasLiterature The 1919 Revolution in Egypt (historical studies and memoirs) ⓘ
location Alexandria ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Delta region of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta

Upper Egypt ⓘ
opposedBy British Army in Egypt ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
participant Egyptian Copts ⓘ
linked to: Copts

Egyptian Muslims ⓘ
Egyptian peasants ⓘ
Egyptian students ⓘ
Egyptian women protesters ⓘ
Egyptian workers ⓘ
Saad Zaghloul ⓘ
Wafd Party ⓘ
partOf decolonization of Africa ⓘ
interwar anti-colonial movements ⓘ
result continued British control over defense and foreign policy ⓘ
end of British protectorate over Egypt ⓘ
establishment of the Kingdom of Egypt in 1922 ⓘ
unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence by the United Kingdom in 1922 ⓘ
significantEvent British military repression of demonstrations ⓘ
exile of Saad Zaghloul to Malta in March 1919 ⓘ
formation of the Wafd delegation to the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
slogan Long live the nation ⓘ
Religion is for God and the homeland is for all ⓘ
startTime 1919-03 ⓘ

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Palace Walk → setDuringEvent → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
British occupation of Egypt → hasEffect → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 1919 concept of liberation → emergedFrom → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
1919 Egyptian Revolution → hasLiterature → The 1919 Revolution in Egypt (historical studies and memoirs) ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Muhammad Ali dynasty → significantEvent → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 → followedEvent → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
subject linked to: Anglo-Egyptian Treaty 1936
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Sultanate of Egypt → event → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
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Egyptian nationalist movement → notableEvent → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Saad Zaghloul → notableEvent → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Saad Zaghloul → influenced → Egyptian independence movement ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Wafd Party leaders → organized → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Muslim–Coptic unity → notablePeriod → 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Wafd Party → significantEvent → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence (1922) → relatedTo → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence (1922) → motivatedBy → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Egyptian monarchy → significantEvent → Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: 1919 Egyptian Revolution