Egyptian attitudes about Sudan derived from Ottoman and older Islamic cultures

Evidence

When we explore how Egyptian nationalists defined the nation of Egypt culturally, ethnically, and sometimes racially, we see that many attitudes about Nubia and the Sudan were legacies of not only Ottoman culture but also older Islamic cultures. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 107

Categorization

• XREF: Deepens the reader’s comparative goal: Egypt’s own colonial tools toward Sudan drew on Ottoman precedent, unlike Britain’s later tools. — connects to: Arabic-speaking Egyptians were considered Turks in the Sudan context; Egyptians produced their own Orientalist discourse about the Sudan and Africa; Egypt’s nineteenth-century elite shared more with other Ottoman urban elites than with their subjects (+7 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 107

Broader Connections

• Arabic-speaking Egyptians were considered Turks in the Sudan context #corroborates (0.60)
• The Sudan saw even Arabic-speaking Egyptians as foreign Turks. #corroborates (0.60)
• Egypt’s nineteenth-century elite shared more with other Ottoman urban elites than with their subjects #corroborates (0.50)
• Egypt conquered Sudan before Egypt itself existed as a nation-state, as Ottoman province #corroborates (0.50)
• The term Turk shifted from denoting ethnicity to denoting any ruling authority in Sudan. #corroborates (0.50)
• Egyptian rule over Sudan constituted a mini-empire within the Ottoman framework #corroborates (0.40)
• Scholars now treat Ottoman-era Egypt as integrated Ottoman society rather than foreign rule #corroborates (0.40)
• The Sudan’s Turkish administration included native-born Egyptians increasingly over time. #expands (0.40)
• Egyptians produced their own Orientalist discourse about the Sudan and Africa #complicates (0.30)