Egypt’s break with Ottoman authority coincided with the Khedive seizing his rival’s palace.

Evidence

The government’s acquisition of this property marked at the same moment Egypt’s successful break with the authority of Istanbul. The palace had been the Egyptian residence of the Khedive’s half-brother Mustafa Fadil, who had served as finance minister to the Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul and schemed to become Ismail's successor. The schemes had failed, Mustafa Fadil had fled to Paris, and Ismail and his direct descendents had been recognised as the future rulers of Egypt. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 704

Categorization

• QUESTION: How did property acquisition specifically function as the public symbol or legal instrument of this break with Istanbul? Worth probing the mechanics of that marking.