Egyptian nationalists saw mastery over the Sudan as restoration of past greatness

Evidence

The Sudan was a testing ground for Egyptian virility, for the individuals who had shed their blood there (fighting the Sudanese), and for the entire national project of independence at a time when the dominant worldview insisted that independent, self-reliant nations were by definition also regional, if not global, conquerors. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 726 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalists held a Janus-faced worldview of being colonized yet colonizing.; The founder of Egyptian nationalism despised Sudan yet deemed it vital to Egypt; Conquering the Sudan gave Egyptians a stronger sense of nation — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 127 (+14 more)

Related

• Egyptian nationalism framed Sudan as Egypt’s soul through shared experience. (similarity 0.92)
• Egyptian nationalism treated the Sudan as a proof of national virility (similarity 0.91)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed primacy among all colonizers of Sudan. (similarity 0.90)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan as rightful Egyptian territory needing reconquest. (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed conquest rights over the Sudan through blood and money spent (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists held a Janus-faced worldview of being colonized yet colonizing. (similarity 0.87)
• Kämil described the Sudan as the living spirit of the Egyptian nation (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalism combined British colonization with eagerness to recolonize the Sudan (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists regarded the Sudan as Egyptian property to be reconquered. (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian anti-colonial nationalists simultaneously dreamed of dominating the Sudan (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed Sudan as their own colony by right of conquest (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists reclaimed Sudan as Egypt’s colonial right by conquest. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalists framed Sudan as family bound to Egyptian dictates, silencing Sudanese protest (similarity 0.86)
• Conquering the Sudan gave Egyptians a stronger sense of nation (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan was Egyptian territory won by Egyptian blood. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian nationalists reclaimed Sudan as Egypt’s colonial right by conquest. #expands (0.80)
• Egyptian nationalists regarded the Sudan as Egyptian property to be reconquered. #expands (0.75)
• Egyptian nationalism treated the Sudan as a proof of national virility #expands (0.60) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 726
• Mapping the Sudanese colony strengthened the Egyptian national sense of self #expands (0.60)