Egypt’s informal British occupation preceded the reconquest of Sudan by sixteen years

Evidence

The scandal of the slavery trial arose at the height of British imperialism in the Middle East, of which Egypt was a focal point. The British had occupied Egypt in 1882, shortly after the emergence of the first Egyptian patriotic rebellion, known as the Uräbï rebellion after its leader, Colonel Ahmad Uräbï. Although the incorporation of Egypt into the British empire was informal, it was efficiently executed. Two years later, a Sudanese religious leader known as the Mahdï completed his revolt, seizing Khartoum and evicting Egypt from territory it had ruled since 1821.The British occupation remained confined to Egypt until 1898, when British-led armies invaded the regions of the Sudan held by the Mahdist government and again annexed them to Egypt. British officials continued to run or supervise the administrations of both countries for decades. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 55

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the informal-vs-formal distinction in British imperial control and gives the precise chronology of Egyptian versus Sudanese subjugation.