Egyptian officers in Omdurman were socially demoted below Sudanese former slaves

Evidence

When the khalifa relegated him to the status of a servant, even a slave, it deeply bruised Fawzï’s acute sensitivity to rank and self-esteem. One example of the social injuries Fawzï endured occurs in the story he relates of a certain `Abd al-Mawla, an army leader and, as Fawzï describes him, a dark-skinned former slave. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 618

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to reader’s comparative theme: the Mahdist state inverted the Egyptian-Sudanese status hierarchy that Egyptian colonial rule had maintained.