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The Right Honorable Abdel Rahman Bek Fahmi (b.xxxx - d. xxxx) was an Egyptian military officer, aristocrat, and later a politician, who was a Wafdist cadre in Egypt's 1919 Revolution which aimed at ending British Occupation of the country. Abdel Rahman Fahmi was considered the highest-ranking leader in the 1919 Revolution, second only to Saad Zaghlul, its founder. While Zaghlul was on mission to Europe in defense of the Egyptian cause, Abdel Rahman Fahmi - as the mastermind behind the underground political movement of the Wafd - was entrusted with the task of keeping the revolution ablaze.

"Fahmi was a military man. A graduate of the Royal Military Academy in 1888, he took part in the Egyptian expedition to reclaim Dongola in the Sudan. Following his return to Egypt he rose quickly through the ranks of government bureaucracy to become the head of the Beni Sueif Directorship in 1906, not an insignificant post to hold at the relatively young age of 36. Two years later, he was appointed head of the Giza Directorate in which capacity he found himself at frequent loggerheads with the British. It was thus with relief that, in 1911, he took up the position of deputy minister of the awqaf (religious endowments), where he was directly subordinate to the khedive. Yet in this position he did not last long. Before two years were out, tensions broke out between him and Khedive Abbas II. Fahmi was opposed to the benefits the khedive was seeking and felt that the khedive was abusing his power. Since Fahmi was not the sort to be excessively attached to public office, he resigned in 1913 and did not engage in politics in an official capacity until he joined the Wafd in 1918. It was at this juncture that he embarked on a new phase in his political career, one that would bring him into history as well as into prison". (CITATION NEEDED)

FAMILY RELATIONS Fahmi was a landowning aristocrat, famous for his opposition to the British occupation of Egypt, a sentiment that practically galloped in his family composed of his brother Mohammad Maher, and nephews Ahmed Pasha Maher, and Aly Pasha Maher (Born: Cairo, 29 November 1882 - Deceased: Geneva, 24 August 1960) a trained International Lawyer who became Cabinet Minister, and four times Premier of Egypt (dates).