Time Table
| 1871 (end of October) | Saïd left Damascus. |
| 1882 (11th of June) | Riot and Massacre of Europeans at Alexandria. |
| 1882 (11th of July) | Bombardment of Alexandria. |
| 1882 (12th of July) | Egyptian forces under Arabi evacuated the town, setting fire to European quarter and letting loose upon it gangs of plunderers. Saïd met his death in this riot. |
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