An Egyptian officer’s entire rank depended on a British general’s patronage

Evidence

With the exception of his two years as an upper-level officer in the nationalist movement’s administration, Fawzï owed the distinctions of his career to General Gordon’s recognition of his abilities. Without Gordon’s signatures, Fawzï was a man bare of all rank and honor. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 531

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s Egypt-vs-Sudan colonial question: patronage by a British official (Gordon) shaped an Egyptian officer’s career in Sudan, contrasting with how rank functioned within the Turco-Circassian elite.