 The abolition of the kurbash as a tool of statecraft and maintenance of order in Egypt was an effort by both British foreigners with influence in the state as well as native Egyptians, respectively.Early efforts to ban the whip came from the Egyptian government, as Khedive Isma'il (r. 1863–1879) and Prime Minister Mustafa Riyad Pasha (r. 1879–1881, 1888–1891, 1893–1894) both led unsuccessful efforts to suppress or ban the use of the kurbash and the similar practice of bastinado.The British built off of these efforts by the Egyptians and approached the use of the kurbash from the lens of human rights violations.