Today, the 98th anniversary of the assassination of Sir, Major General Lee Stac Sardar, the Egyptian army and the ruler of Sudan, on November 20, 1924, and the political scene was very congestion after the clash between Saad Zaghloul, who was at the head of the Ministry of People and King Fouad, was repeated, and the Sudanese issue was a background This scene was angry fans in Sudan at the time chanting the unity of Egypt and Sudan.
The events started at two o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, November 19, 1924, the Egyptian army and the ruler of Sudan came out at the same time walking to me Estak from his office at the Ministry of War, intending his house in Zamalek after the end of his daily work, so he was shot by 5 people who were lurking on him on Western Tarqa Street.
It was later named Ismail Pasha Abaza, “He was seriously injured, which led to his death in the next midnight, and the perpetrators fled while the car and its driver who was waiting for the perpetrators were arrested and this was the tip of the thread, which led to the arrest of the perpetrators after the government announced a reward of 10 thousand pounds for whom Helps arrest the actors.
Egypt felt the horror of what would happen, but what happened exceeded every perception, as the general was Sir Lee Estak Pasha, the Egyptian army and the general ruler of blacks for a period of 8 years, and his assassination was the profound impact on the political future of Egypt internally and for its relationship with Sudan, whose position was always strongly present in Egyptian discussions and debates British during the twenties of the last century.
The Egyptian dissatisfaction and the British insistence on maintaining their control over Sudan, as the Mahrousa magazine mentioned in the fourteenth part – November 1924 that led to the escalation of the poisoned atmosphere between the two countries, which led to the assassination of Estak Pasha and the repeated demonstrations in Sudan at that time led to the escalation of the general national feeling In Egypt, on the issue, immediately after the assassination, an Egyptian youth was arrested, then a group of young people, 9 of whom were brought to trial in May 1925.
The arrests were followed up to include two leaders of the Wafd Party: Ahmed Maher and Mahmoud Fahmy Al -Nuqrashi, who were released after a controversial trial, and the killing of Astak was a violent popular reaction in Britain, which led to the imposition of the High Commissioner “the Prophet” strict penalties on Egypt, and the funeral was held on Saturday morning 22 November,
A major official funeral was at the request of the British and is considered one of the most important official funerals that were held in Cairo in its modern history.
The ministers, where Saad Zaghloul addressed the end of roughness and delivered two warnings..
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