Egyptian rulers exiled rivals to the Sudan as a penal colony

Evidence

At times, the Sudan stood for exile, the terri- ble place to which one could be forcibly removed from life in Egypt, as al- Tahtawï so vividly recounted. Egyptian rulers, beginning with Muhammad Alï, had a long tradition of exiling rivals and enemies to the region of Tokar or the penal camp in Fazughlï. In the nineteenth century, it took a very long time to travel to the Sudan: twenty-seven days to go from Aswan in Upper Egypt to Khartoum in the north of the Sudan. — <cite>Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 343</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)

The use of the Sudan as a site of exile reinforces even further the almost schizophrenic constructions of the Sudan as both a natural part of Egypt and a place for the removal of Egyptians from Egypt. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 344 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• The khedive shut down reformist societies and exiled members to Sudan (similarity 0.86)
• Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian officials exiled intellectuals to the Sudan as a form of punishment (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian rulers exiled rivals to Sudan’s penal camps since Muhammad Ali (similarity 0.84)
• The Sudan served simultaneously as Egypt’s penal exile and its soldiers’ promotion ground (similarity 0.84)
• Sudan simultaneously built Egyptian national identity and signified exile from it (similarity 0.83)
• Exiled Egyptian rebels were punished by reassignment to fight the Mahdi in Sudan. (similarity 0.83)
• Posting Egyptian bureaucrats to Sudan marked them as dispensable (similarity 0.81)
• Punishing Egyptian rebels with Sudanese service was seen as near capital punishment (similarity 0.81)
• Egyptian colonialism extracted Sudanese wealth while denying Sudan its own reforms (similarity 0.81)
• British punished Egyptian rebels by sending them to fight the Mahdï in Sudan (similarity 0.81)
• Egypt deployed Sudan as an internal penal and exile site (similarity 0.80)
• Egyptian nationalists denied Sudan colonial status by naming it Upper Egypt (similarity 0.80)
• Egyptian soldiers felt the loss of Sudan more personally than other Egyptians did. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian rulers exiled rivals to Sudan’s penal camps since Muhammad Ali #corroborates (0.95) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 343
• The khedive shut down reformist societies and exiled members to Sudan #corroborates (0.85)
• Egypt deployed Sudan as an internal penal and exile site #corroborates (0.80) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 344
• Exiled Egyptian officials in Sudan died from climate and official neglect #expands (0.70) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 231