Egyptians resented Sudanese promoted by Europeans above themselves

Evidence

Given this, Faraj’s complaint about the Nubian’s presumption of authority over him takes on added resonance. Just as interesting is his attribution of the Nubian’s arrogance to the gentlemen (khawajät) who “spoil” people like him, elevating them to positions for which Faraj perhaps sees himself better suited, which calls to mind the mission of civilizing the Sudan assumed by the Egyptian government. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 362