Wafd Party leaders
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Wafd Party leaders were prominent Egyptian nationalist politicians who spearheaded the struggle for independence from British rule in the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian nationalists
ⓘ
political leadership group ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
Egyptian constitutional reforms
ⓘ
limiting royal authority in Egypt ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Egyptian landowning elites
ⓘ
Egyptian urban middle class ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Wafd Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| electoralBase | broad popular support in Egypt ⓘ |
| facedOppositionFrom |
British High Commissioner in Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egyptian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ palace-backed political parties ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
central actors in Egypt’s struggle for independence from Britain
ⓘ
shaped interwar Egyptian parliamentary life ⓘ |
| ideology |
constitutionalism
ⓘ
liberal nationalism ⓘ |
| includedMembersOf | Egyptian Coptic Christian minority ⓘ |
| influenced | Egyptian constitution of 1923 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | later Arab nationalist movements ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mediaStrategy | use of newspapers and public rallies ⓘ |
| negotiatedWith | British government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Abdel Latif El Boghdadi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fouad Serageddin NERFINISHED ⓘ Makram Ebeid NERFINISHED ⓘ Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ Saad Zaghloul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | British colonial rule in Egypt ⓘ |
| organized | 1919 Egyptian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalMovement | Egyptian nationalist movement ⓘ |
| promoted | Egyptian national unity across religious lines ⓘ |
| religiousComposition | majority Muslim ⓘ |
| sought | abrogation of the British protectorate over Egypt ⓘ |
| supported |
Egyptian independence
ⓘ
parliamentary democracy in Egypt ⓘ |
| symbolized | popular resistance to foreign domination in Egypt ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
mass mobilization
ⓘ
negotiation and diplomacy ⓘ parliamentary politics ⓘ |
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