Egyptians under Muhammad Ali internalized empire as they mapped Sudan

Evidence

The chapter concludes with the ways in which Sudanese figures debated the issue of unity with Egypt under the watchful eyes of British administrators in the Sudan, and a discussion of how the dualism of the colonized colonizer was viewed by people in the Sudan, nominally colonized by both Great Britain and Egypt. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 121 (#expands, via linked claim)

A further irony in the situation was the way Fawzï justified his right to high rank through his actions as a colonizing officer of the Egyptian army. If anything clearly emerges from these parallels it is that the idea of colonialism was much more fluid, much less dependent on the European model. After all, Egyptians in 1882 were negotiators familiar with the Ottoman Empire and fearful of the threat of European colonization, and yet also eager to see themselves as a nation in a synonymous position of power. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 527 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egypt’s own colonizing of Sudan shaped its sense of nationhood; Conquering the Sudan gave Egyptians a stronger sense of nation — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 127; Egypt’s empire in Sudan had an uncertain national identity (+11 more)

Related

• Egypt’s own colonizing of Sudan shaped its sense of nationhood (similarity 0.88)
• Egypt’s colonizing of Sudan functioned as a non-European imperial imagination (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt ran its own colonial empire in Sudan from 1821 to 1884 (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan (similarity 0.87)
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.86)
• Conquering the Sudan gave Egyptians a stronger sense of nation (similarity 0.86)
• Egypt was simultaneously colonized by Britain and eager to recolonize the Sudan. (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptians learned empire by drawing sharper distinctions from Sudan (similarity 0.85)
• Egypt’s empire in Sudan had an uncertain national identity (similarity 0.84)
• Slavery and control of Sudan were inextricably linked in Egyptian and British views. (similarity 0.84)
• Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others (similarity 0.84)
• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan (similarity 0.84)
• Egypt simultaneously became a British colony and lost its own Sudanese colony in 1884 (similarity 0.84)
• The Sudan saw even Arabic-speaking Egyptians as foreign Turks. (similarity 0.84)
• Sudanese perceived Egyptian soldiers as ‘Turks,’ destabilizing Egypt’s civilizing ideology (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects #expands (0.80)
• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan #expands (0.75) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 527
• Egypt was simultaneously a British colony and a colonizer of Sudan. #expands (0.75) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 121
• Egypt’s empire in Sudan had an uncertain national identity #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian nationalism reproduced colonial racial hierarchy toward the Sudan internally #expands (0.65)
• Egypt’s colonizing of Sudan functioned as a non-European imperial imagination #expands (0.60)
• Egypt’s anti-imperialism was entangled with ambitions to recolonize the Sudan #expands (0.60)
• Egyptian rule over Sudan constituted a mini-empire within the Ottoman framework #expands (0.60)
• Egypt ran its own colonial empire in Sudan from 1821 to 1884 #expands (0.55)
• The meaning of civilizing (tamdïn) shifted throughout Muhammad Ali’s reign. #expands (0.55)
• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan #qualifies (0.50)