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Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1888Date range
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1888

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1888

Suez Canal · Government / Conservative Party Government

The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule

Names involved

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd

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