Point 3 of 7 — Lesson 21: The Urabi Revolution – British Military Intervention and the Occupation (1882)Question bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
03The Alexandria massacre (June 1882)
It broke out after aquarrel between a Maltese subject of Britain and an Egyptian carter over the fare: the Maltesestabbed the Egyptian mortally.
The matter turned intomutual fighting between foreigners and Egyptians generally.
The incident appears to have been staged, because the Maltese took anunusually long ride in the cartand deliberately paid afare out of proportion to the distance.
Affairs fell into confusion and order broke down, and a new ministry was formed under Raghib Pasha (20 June 1882).
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