The Nile Palace affair (the First Abdeen demonstration, 1881)
Point 4 of 8 — Lesson 20: The National Movement and the Urabi Revolution – Causes and Events up to the Baroudi MinistryQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
04The Nile Palace affair (the First Abdeen demonstration, 1881)
The government did not meet the officers' demand and decided to arrest their leaders — Ahmed Urabi, Ali Fahmi and Abd al-Al Hilmi — and try them before a military court.
During the trial at theNile Palace, the three officers'comrades came at the head of their units and stormed the courthouse, and the military councilfled.
The three officers went out to Abdeen square to face the Khedive, who, before the crowd, was forced to dismiss Othman Rifqi and appoint Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi war minister (February 1881).
The officers, conscious of their strength, began to press professional demands to secure their position and improve their living, and most were granted:
acash allowance for food and clothingand a generalraise of pay;
no deduction of pay during leave;
soldiers payingonly half the railway fare.
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