Battle of Tel El-Kebir - Aftermath

Aftermath

Urabi had retreated in the battle, and with no organised forces left to him, he and his National Party's officials surrendered to the cavalry. Wolseley and his senior officers arrived in Cairo by train the next day. Khedive Tawfiq was formally reinstated twelve days later. Urabi was later sentenced to death, but for fear of sparking further uprisings, the sentence was commuted and he was exiled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The British subsequently granted training and new investment under British tutelage to Egypt as a means of mollifying Urabi's National Party.

However, the financing, training, and infrastructure improving granted by the British government included guarantees and concessions made by Tawfiq which were meant to protect British and European lives and property. Amongst these guarantees including a British military presence which marked the start of a permanent British military garrison in Egypt, including the appointment of British Army officers as commanders of the Egyptian Army. The latter, which had been the centrality of Egyptian government since the medieval time of the Mamlukes was reorganized, disciplined according to British standards, reformed of corruption, and slowly given British trained Egyptian officers and non-commissioned officers.

Although strict British military occupation of Egypt ended by the early 1900s, the British and Egyptian relationship established through the Khedive and the Egyptian Army lasted until 1954. Nonetheless, with the withdrawal of British military and influence from Egypt and the region as a result of pressure by the United States of America and the Soviet Union, the British trained officer corps of Egypt retained its traditional role as the centrality of Egyptian government well into the 21st century, thereby providing a continuity of government noticeably absent in other Arabic nations.