In the army, officered by Turks and Circassians, the patriots rose up in the revolt of Ahmed Orabi, crushed in Tel el-Kebir by British intervention which turned into permanent occupation.
No exército, dirixido polos turcos e os circasiáns, os patriotas érguense na revolta de Ahmed Orabi, esmagada en Tel el-Kebir pola intervención británica que se transforma en ocupación permanente.