What was the name of the nationalist political party founded by Saad Zaghloul in 1919 that dominated Egyptian politics through the constitutional monarchy period?

• A The Watani Party
• B The Misr Party
• C The Wafd Party ✓
• D The Liberal Constitutional Party

The Wafd (Delegation) Party, born from the delegation Zaghloul assembled to demand independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, became the dominant political force of the pre-1952 era and the standard-bearer of liberal Egyptian nationalism, though it was repeatedly sidelined by palace and British manoeuvring.