Defeated Egyptian nationalist officers organized the Mahdist bands out of resentment
Evidence
“The former officers of `Arabï who, in the Sudan, have passed into the ranks of the rebellion and have given, bit by bit, a regularized organization to the Mahdist bands, have done so out of hatred for the British, with no doubt, but they have also done it, principally, out of resentment against Tawfïq’s betrayal of them.” Tawfïq’s betrayal of the Egyptian nationalists to the British thus provided their excuse for defecting from Egypt to join the Mahdïya; yet the same nationalists continued to perform a civic duty by providing the “bands of the Mahdï” with some kind of organization, in a sense taming the fanaticism of the dervishes. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 487
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Cross-domain parallel with Egyptian officers’ resentment collapsing into pan-Islamic solidarity against the British.
Related
- Egyptian army officers joined the Mahdist cause mainly from resentment at the khedive’s betrayal (similarity 0.91)
- Egyptian soldiers joined the Mahdï after the `Uräbï rebellion’s defeat (similarity 0.88)
- Exiled Egyptian nationalists misread the Mahdi as a natural ally (similarity 0.79)
- Sudanese soldiers’ loyalty to Egypt proved unreciprocated and fatal (similarity 0.78)
- Egyptian exiled nationalists recast Sudanese Mahdist resistance as pan-Egyptian heroism, erasing friction (similarity 0.78)
- Sanua defended Egyptian nationalists joining the Mahdi as faith-based unity against a common enemy. (similarity 0.78)