British occupation of Egypt

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The British occupation of Egypt was the period beginning in 1882 when Britain established effective control over Egypt, turning it into a strategic imperial protectorate centered on the Suez Canal and profoundly shaping its political and economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Egypt ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endCause Suez Crisis ⓘ
withdrawal of British troops from Suez Canal Zone ⓘ
endTime 1956 ⓘ
followed Urabi Revolt ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt

Cairo ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-Egyptian War ⓘ
hasEffect 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 ⓘ
British control of Suez Canal ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ⓘ
expansion of British Empire in Africa ⓘ
integration of Egyptian economy into British imperial system ⓘ
limitation of Egyptian sovereignty ⓘ
rise of Egyptian nationalism ⓘ
hasLeader British High Commissioner in Egypt ⓘ
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer ⓘ
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ⓘ
Reginald Wingate ⓘ
hasMainSubject Suez Canal ⓘ
hasObjective maintaining regional strategic dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
protecting British investments in Egypt ⓘ
securing Suez Canal route to India ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Tel el-Kebir ⓘ
bombardment of Alexandria ⓘ
hasPolicy control of Egyptian finances ⓘ
informal empire ⓘ
maintenance of public order in Cairo and Alexandria ⓘ
protection of route to India ⓘ
veiled protectorate ⓘ
influenced Egyptian constitutional development ⓘ
Egyptian education system ⓘ
Egyptian legal system ⓘ
Egyptian military organization ⓘ
occupiedTerritory Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ
Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
occupyingPower United Kingdom ⓘ
significantEvent Abrogation of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in 1951 ⓘ
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ⓘ
evacuation agreement of 1954 ⓘ
final British troop withdrawal from Suez Canal Zone in 1956 ⓘ
proclamation of British protectorate over Egypt in 1914 ⓘ
unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence in 1922 ⓘ
startTime 1882 ⓘ

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Scramble for Africa → hasKeyEvent → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Middle East Command → subordinateUnit → British Troops in Egypt ⓘ
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Royal Egyptian Army → conflict → Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 ⓘ
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13th Light Dragoons → battleHonour → Egypt 1882 ⓘ
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Commander-in-Chief, Egypt → associatedWith → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
High Commissioner for Egypt → roleIn → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Khedive Abbas II of Egypt → reasonForRemoval → World War I and British declaration of a protectorate over Egypt ⓘ
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Khedivate of Egypt → significantEvent → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Aswan Low Dam → historicalPeriod → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Tewfik Pasha → associatedWith → British Empire in Egypt ⓘ
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Hussein Kamel of Egypt → ruledUnder → British protectorate over Egypt ⓘ
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Sultanate of Egypt → reasonForEstablishment → British declaration of a protectorate over Egypt ⓘ
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Sir Reginald Wingate → employer → Egyptian government under British control ⓘ
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Battle of Tel el-Kebir → consequence → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Battle of Tel el-Kebir → followedBy → British occupation of Cairo (1882) ⓘ
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Anglo-Egyptian War → aftermath → Egypt became a de facto British protectorate ⓘ
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1906 Egypt–Ottoman border agreement → signatory → British-controlled Egypt ⓘ
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1906 Egypt–Ottoman border agreement → colonialContext → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Anglo-Egyptian period → relatedTo → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Sir Eldon Gorst → politicalContext → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
British Troops in Egypt → associatedWith → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Muslim–Coptic unity → associatedWith → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Wafd Party → opposedTo → Anglo-Egyptian protectorate ⓘ
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Anglo-Egyptian Agreement of 1954 → relatedTo → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Khedive Tewfik of Egypt → notableEvent → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
Khedive Tewfik of Egypt → reignDuring → British occupation of Egypt ⓘ