Birth of Ahmed Orabi
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Written by Islamstory
7th of Safar 1257 AH/ March 31st, 1841 AD: Birth of Colonel Ahmed Orabi or Ahmed Urabi (April 1, 1841 - September 21, 1911). He was an Egyptian army officer and later an army general who revolted against the khedive and European domination of Egypt in 1879 in what has become known as the Urabi Revolt. He was the first Egyptian national political and military leader to rise from the Fellahin.
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