12 years in prison

When Boutros Ghali was killed by Ibrahim al-Wardani in 1910, the government established what it called the "e;Political Bureau,"e; appointed George Bey Filippidis as its head, and placed at his disposal huge amounts of money, which he spent without oversight or review However, the office continued to operate for two consecutive years without having any real or significant impact. apparent result; There was some fear in Philippides that the government was thinking of abolishing it. So he was tempted to create something huge that would shake Egypt, and of course, he was faced with nothing but the National Party and its men. Because he believed that he could exploit what was known about this powerful and influential party - at that time - of hatred for the British occupation, and to combat it in all peaceful ways; He decided to inform those in charge that the party had hatched a conspiracy to assassinate the most prominent men in Egypt, and thus the foundations of Philippides' power would be consolidated, and his influence would expand, and it was as a result of that conspiracy Allegedly, many people were thrown into prison for 12 years, one of whom was Mahmoud Taher Al-Arabi.