Britain erased the Egyptian contribution to the Sudan’s reconquest.

Evidence

In Kämil’s representation, the British wiped away the names and memory of the Egyptian dead in the Sudan as they engraved their own mark on the region with the letters of Gordon’s name. With the collusion of the Egyptian public, this action succeeded in rendering anonymous Egypt’s role in the reclamation of the Sudan or, as Kämil suggests, in rendering Egypt flagless there. British officials used their power to distort the name and reputation of the Egyptian people by asserting that it was Egyptians, especially nationalists, who were fanatical and beyond the pale of self-control. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 749

Categorization

• XREF: The erasure/replacement of memory echoes the reader’s broader framework on how colonial powers controlled narratives.