Egyptian inaction did as much to crush Sudan’s 1924 revolt as British force did

Evidence

Historians of the modern Sudanese note that the revolution left several legacies, among them the dramatic cessation of Egyptian influence over the Sudan and a bitterness among the Sudanese, who resented Cairo’s remaining inactive while scores of Sudanese were shot at or imprisoned during the demonstrations. … This disappointment was as effective as British efforts in the smashing of the league. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1036

Categorization

• XREF: Contrast with Egyptian sensitivity to Milner Report from para 1032 — same chapter’s causal chain about Egyptian abandonment.