Mohammad Farid or Muhammad Farid (Arabic: محمد فريد) (born January 20, 1868 in Cairo, died November 15, 1919 in Berlin) was an influential Egyptian political figure. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group A nationalist leader, writer, and lawyer, Farid was the son of the director of el-Da'irah el-Saniyya (state domains administration) and belonged to a landowning family. He attended the Khalil Agha School, the Ecole des Freres, and the School of Administration. He worked as a lawyer for the Egyptian government and for the Parquet (office of the attorney general) until he was dismissed for backing Shaykh Ali Yusuf, a popular Egyptian newspaper editor who was tried for publishing secret telegrams taken from the War Ministry. Farid proceeded to open his own law office.
Farid was the main political and financial supporter of Mustafa Kamil, the founder of the Egyptian National Party, and after his premature death in 1908, was elected second president of that party. Muṣṭafā Kāmil Pasha (مصطفى كامل ( August 14, 1874, Cairo, Egypt – February 10, 1908, He led the party in Egypt until March 1912 and then in exile until his death. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. He argued that the British must withdraw their army of occupation from Egypt and that only the khedive could grant a constitution to the Egyptians. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group He called for the spread of education and advocated social and economic reforms, especially to benefit workers. At times he sought help from the Ottoman Empire (Egypt's suzerain), notably while in exile during World War I, but he also suspected the Turks of undermining Egyptian national aims. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Farid's occasional support for pan-Islam alienated Egyptian Copts. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. A Copt ( Coptic: ouRemenkīmi enEkhristianos, literally Egyptian Christian) is a native Egyptian Christian. Egyptians respect Farid for his patriotic courage and self-sacrifice. His memoirs have been published in Arabic and partly in English translation and he also wrote histories of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, the Romans, and the Ottoman Empire, as well as travel diaries and numerous articles for local nationalist newspapers. This article is about the leader of Egypt For other people named Muhammad Ali or Mehmet Ali see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation and Mehemet Ali (disambiguation
References
- Muhammad Farid: The Memoirs and Diaries of Muhammad Farid, an Egyptian Nationalist Leader (1868-1919). Edited, annotated, and translated by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr (San Francisco: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992).
- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2000). pp. 53-54.
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