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Saad Zaghloul

c. 1859–1927 · 20th century

Saad Zaghloul was an Egyptian nationalist leader and founder of the Wafd party. His arrest and deportation by the British in March 1919, after he sought to put Egypt's case for independence at the Paris Peace Conference, set off the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. He led the Wafd to victory in the 1924 elections and served briefly as prime minister.

Saad Zaghloul
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Sultanate of Egypt

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