Egyptian soldiers felt the loss of Sudan more personally than other Egyptians did.

Evidence

Kämil’s outraged protest at this indignity leaves out an important element. As Fawzï’s memoirs show, the menial work required of Egyptian soldiers had previously been performed by Sudanese slaves—either slave soldiers or slaves belonging personally to Egyptian soldiers and officers, as in Fawzï Pasha’s case. In the Sudan during the Turkïya, slaves were often conscripted as soldiers in the army regiments known as the jihädïya. By the 1890s they actually outnumbered the contracted Egyptian soldiers by a ratio of two to one. These slave soldiers were absolutely essential to the maintenance of the military camps, work that presumably included the tasks Kämil so dreaded for Egyptian soldiers. His indignation also echoed with resentment over Egyptians’ loss of authority over the Sudanese themselves, and the consequent shame at occupying the low status once belonging to the Sudanese. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 722 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conquering the Sudan gave Egyptians a stronger sense of nation — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 127; Egyptian resentment stemmed from losing mastery over the Sudanese; Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others (+3 more)

Related

• Thousands of Egyptian soldiers and bureaucrats worked in the Sudan after 1919 (similarity 0.90)
• Slave soldiers outnumbered Egyptian soldiers two to one in the Sudan (similarity 0.90)
• Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian resentment stemmed from losing mastery over the Sudanese (similarity 0.86)
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian officers’ Sudan experiences anchored their national and cultural self-esteem (similarity 0.84)
• Sudanese perceived Egyptian soldiers as ‘Turks,’ destabilizing Egypt’s civilizing ideology (similarity 0.84)
• Egypt was simultaneously colonized by Britain and eager to recolonize the Sudan. (similarity 0.84)
• Sudanese lumped Egyptian soldiers with their Ottoman Turkish oppressors (similarity 0.84)
• Sudanese had defeated British armies alone yet were treated as Egyptian subjects (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian officers simultaneously suffered British supervision and pursued Egypt’s own civilizing mission in Sudan. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalism framed Sudan as Egypt’s soul through shared experience. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian captives shared religion and language with Sudanese yet suffered status inversion keenly (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan was Egyptian territory won by Egyptian blood. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptians resented Sudanese promoted by Europeans above themselves (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian resentment stemmed from losing mastery over the Sudanese #corroborates (0.70)
• Slave soldiers outnumbered Egyptian soldiers two to one in the Sudan #expands (0.60) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 722
• Egyptian officers’ Sudan experiences anchored their national and cultural self-esteem #expands (0.60)
• Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others #qualifies (0.55)
• Thousands of Egyptian soldiers and bureaucrats worked in the Sudan after 1919 #corroborates (0.50)