Both the Earlier Theosophical Society (1875-1878) and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor claimed Egyptian wisdom as a source of spiritual authority. But more than just promoting ancient Egyptian lore, or Hermeticism, or Sufism, all of which proliferated in Egypt at different times centuries apart– they claimed to know actual real Egyptians in the early 1870s.
No birth date can be confirmed in genealogical or bibliographic databases for ‘Abduh, but FindaGrave reports that Afghani’s tomb give a birth date of January 9, 1838.