Historians disagree on why Mehmed Ali invaded Sudan.
Evidence
For different reasons for the Sudan campaign see Edouard Driault, ed., La Formation de l’empire de Mohamed-Ali de l’Arabie au Soudan (1814–23) (Cairo: Royal Egyptian Geographical Society, 1927), pp. xxxv-xxxvii; al-Rāf’ī, ‘Aṣr Muḥammad ‘Alī, pp. 168–9; al-Sayyid Marsot, Egypt, p. 205; Sabry, L’Empire égyptien, p. 68; Dodwell, Founder of Modern Egypt, p. 50. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 268
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- Egyptian perceptions of Sudan shifted during Muhammad Ali’s rule (similarity 0.78)