Ahmad 'Urābī

Japanese: アフマド･アラービー（英語表記）Aḥmad ‘Urābī

1841‐1911
Egyptian military officer. Also known as 'Arabi Pasha. Born the son of a prominent man in the village of Harriyya Razna, Sharqiya Governorate, Lower Egypt, he enlisted in the army in 1854 and became an officer in 1858. In 1879 he was promoted to colonel, during which time he organized a secret military group of Egyptian officers, helped to found the Watan Party in the same year, which aimed for Egyptian independence and constitutionalism, and later led a national movement called the Arabi Movement, which was named after him, and became Minister of War in 1881. He resisted British military intervention, but was defeated in the Battle of Tall al-Kabir in 1882.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1841‐1911
エジプトの軍人。アラービー･パシャ‘Arābī Pashaとも呼ばれる。下エジプト地方シャルキーヤ県ハッリーヤ･ラズナ村の有力者の息子として生まれ，1854年入隊，58年将校となった。79年大佐に昇進，その間エジプト人将校からなる秘密軍人グループを組織し，同年エジプトの独立と立憲制とを目指すワタン党の結成に協力，後に彼の名を冠してアラービー運動とも呼ばれる民族運動を指導，81年陸軍大臣となった。イギリスの軍事干渉に抵抗したが，82年タッル･アルカビールの戦に敗れた。

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