The Assembly of Delegates, meeting between January…

The Assembly of Delegates, meeting between January and July 1879, demands more control over financial matters and accountability of the European ministers to the assembly.

At the same time, a group of Egyptian army officers who oppose the mixed cabinet protests the placing of twenty-five hundred officers on half-pay.

A group of army officers marches on the Ministry of Finance and occupies the building.

Only the personal intervention of the khedive, who is suspected of instigating the incident, saves the situation.

At this point, Ismail realizes that he can use both the assembly and the army officers to rid himself of foreign control.