The incident took place in Egypt
Dinshaway Incident, Dinshaway also spelled Denshawai or Dinshwai, confrontation in 1906 between residents of the Egyptian village of Dinshaway (Dinshawāy) and British officers during the occupation of Egypt by Great Britain (1882–1952). Harsh exemplary punishments dealt to a number of villagers in the wake of the incident sparked an outcry among many Egyptians and helped galvanize Egyptian nationalist sentiment against British occupation. In June 1906 a group of British officers agitated… Read More »