person
Ahmed Urabi
Arabi Pasha
also: Araby Pasha, Араби-паша
Egyptian army officer and nationalist leader (1841-1911), known in the Western and Russian press as 'Arabi Pasha' for his 1881-82 revolt against British and Khedival rule -- topical news at the time of writing, yoked here to a crude joke.
Reading notes
- Philosophical Definitions of Life §15 Arabi Pasha
Ahmed Urabi ('Arabi Pasha'), the Egyptian army officer and nationalist leader whose 1881-82 revolt against British and Khedival rule made him current news -- yoked here to a crude joke about an aging spinster.
- The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes §46 Arabi Pasha
Ahmed Urabi ('Arabi Pasha'), the real Egyptian nationalist army officer whose 1881-82 revolt against foreign control was front-page news across Europe at the time this story was written -- another topical name-drop for comic effect.