Egyptian nationalist historiography denies other provinces the independence it claims for Egypt

Evidence

That Mehmed Ali was fighting for the independence is so blindly taken for granted by most Egyptian historians that while basing their argument on the need for Egypt to get rid of the “Ottoman yoke,” the same right is denied other provinces that were also supposedly suffering under Ottoman suzerainty. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 197

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: how nationalist historiography is itself imperialist, judging the same Ottoman-suzerainty condition liberating for one province and oppressive for another.