A government-funded orientalist publicly defied his patron to protest European privilege.

Evidence

Goldziher stood in marked opposition to this trend, going so far as to agitate actively in the Cairo bazaars against the apparent advantages enjoyed by Europeans in Egypt. He went further to counter what he called the “dominant European plague.” Bearing in mind that his sojourn in the Middle East had been financed by the Hungarian government, Goldziher boldly and publicly declared his unwillingness to attend any celebrations and receptions thrown by the embassy unless the sheikhs of al-Azhar had also been invited. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 411

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in institutional incentives and honor systems — Goldziher risking his funding for a principled stand parallels the trust/reputation literature.