Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da karuwar rikicin kasafin kudi, an sami karuwar karatu da rubutu, wanda ya kara wayar da kan jama'a wanda ya kai ga maida hankali lokacin da Kanar Ahmad Urabi ya kaddamar da zanga-zangar adawa da ikon Turai. An daure shi na ɗan lokaci kafin a ɗaukaka shi a matsayin Ministan Yaƙi a cikin sabuwar gwamnatin 'yan tawaye. Wannan ya tsananta wa gwamnatocin Burtaniya da Faransa har zuwa barazanar yaki. A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1882, an yi tarzoma a Iskandariya a kan baƙi. Da wannan, Birtaniya da Faransa sun shiga tsakani, Birtaniya ta kaddamar da mamayewa
a watan Yuli na wannan shekarar. An ci Urabi da sojojinsa a watan Satumba a yakin Tell El Kebir.