Egypt positioned itself alongside Europe by measuring Sudan as backward

Evidence

The chapter concludes with the ways in which Sudanese figures debated the issue of unity with Egypt under the watchful eyes of British administrators in the Sudan, and a discussion of how the dualism of the colonized colonizer was viewed by people in the Sudan, nominally colonized by both Great Britain and Egypt. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 121 (#expands, via linked claim)

A further irony in the situation was the way Fawzï justified his right to high rank through his actions as a colonizing officer of the Egyptian army. If anything clearly emerges from these parallels it is that the idea of colonialism was much more fluid, much less dependent on the European model. After all, Egyptians in 1882 were negotiators familiar with the Ottoman Empire and fearful of the threat of European colonization, and yet also eager to see themselves as a nation in a synonymous position of power. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 527 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: By 1882 Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than Europe; Egypt relied on European geographers to map the conquered Sudan.; Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan (+5 more)

Related

• By 1882 Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than Europe (similarity 0.90)
• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan (similarity 0.90)
• Egypt was simultaneously colonized by Britain and eager to recolonize the Sudan. (similarity 0.88)
• Egypt’s colonizing of Sudan functioned as a non-European imperial imagination (similarity 0.88)
• Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than to Europe in civilizational terms (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt simultaneously became a British colony and lost its own Sudanese colony in 1884 (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt ran its own colonial empire in Sudan from 1821 to 1884 (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan (similarity 0.87)
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptians internalized a civilizing mission toward Africa to assert parity with Europe. (similarity 0.86)
• Egypt was simultaneously a British colony and a colonizer of Sudan. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptians grew uneasy that Europeans ranked Egypt as African and colonizable. (similarity 0.86)
• Egypt relied on European geographers to map the conquered Sudan. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptians feared being racialized as African and thus vulnerable to colonization like Sudan (similarity 0.86)
• Lutfï al-Sayyid equated Egyptian and Sudanese subjection to shared autocratic rule (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan #expands (0.75)
• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan #expands (0.70) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 527
• Egypt was simultaneously a British colony and a colonizer of Sudan. #expands (0.70) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 121
• Egypt positioned itself as a civilizing bridge between Europe and Africa. #expands (0.65)