NES 2674 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Abbas Ii Of Egypt, Reginald Wingate, Egyptian Revolution Of 1919
5 Jan 2017
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What were the causes of the 1919 revolution: egypt and outbreak of ww1, august-october 1914, rigid censorship imposed, (press, letters, telegraphs) Legislative assembly suspended: any dealings with austria/ germany forbidden, november-december 1914, martial law declared, ottomans enter war on side of central powers, british protectorate declared over egypt, cutting all ties with ottoman. Empire: egypt as a british protectorate, khedive abbas hilmi ii deposed, egypt during wwi, hundreds of thousands of allied troops stationed in egypt (drained local supplies, australian troops in particular-bad reputation for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Permission to send delegation to paris peace conference: news of meeting spread rapidly throughout egypt, british foreign office refused the wafd"s demands. Employees: egyptian women participated in demonstrations, elite women organized demonstrations and wrote letters/ petitions, lower class urban women demonstrated, danced, sang songs, threw stones, etc. Spitting at men (who were breaking the strike: safiyya zaghlul- wife of sa"d zaghlul, allowed the wafd to meet in her house.
