Kamil asserted Egyptian legal title to the Sudan over British claims

Evidence

Sharawï repeated all the Wafd's ideas about the Sudan, saying, "We must hold on to our rights with respect to the issue of the Sudan, considering the Sudan an inseparable part of Egypt, and not a colony." … In one such letter, sent to the press on 24 March 1924 she berates Zaghlül,"who knows as every one else knows that Egypt cannot tolerate her soldiers being forced out of the Sudan." — <cite>Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 856</cite> (#expands`, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalists construed the Sudan as an organic part of Egypt, not a colony; Egyptian nationalist Mustafa Kamil claimed the Sudan as Egyptian property seized illegally; Kämil blamed the British for turning the Sudanese against Egyptian rule. (+6 more)

Broader Connections