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Saʿd Zaghlul
Leader of the 1919 revolution and the Wafd
1859 – 1927
Lifespan.
Biography
A lawyer and former minister who led a delegation (wafd) demanding to present Egypt’s case for independence at the peace conference after the First World War. The British authorities exiled him to Malta in March 1919, and revolution broke out. He became prime minister in 1924.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Saʿd Zaghlul and his colleagues were exiled to Malta in March 1919, sparking the 1919 revolution.
- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2004) “Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State (2nd edition)” Westview Press
- Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot (2007) “A History of Egypt: From the Arab Conquest to the Present (2nd edition)” Cambridge University Press