Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects

Evidence

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 (#corroborates, 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; Egyptians learned empire by drawing sharper distinctions from Sudan; Napoleon’s expedition deliberately taught Egyptians imperial ambition (+22 more)

Related

• Egypt’s colonizing of Sudan functioned as a non-European imperial imagination (similarity 0.93)
• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan (similarity 0.92)
• Egyptian nationalists sought to become empire-builders alongside Europeans (similarity 0.90)
• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan (similarity 0.90)
• Egyptians learned empire by drawing sharper distinctions from Sudan (similarity 0.90)
• Fawzï’s Sudanese captors paradoxically cemented his colonizer identity (similarity 0.89)
• Sudan meant exile for some Egyptians and promotion for others (similarity 0.89)
• Egypt was simultaneously colonized by Britain and eager to recolonize the Sudan. (similarity 0.89)
• Voyaging to Sudan made al-Tunisï first experience himself as foreign (similarity 0.88)
• Egypt ran its own colonial empire in Sudan from 1821 to 1884 (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalist empire-building co-opted British instruments of hegemony yet still failed (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists could be colonizers in Sudan while colonized at home (similarity 0.87)
• Lutfï al-Sayyid equated Egyptian and Sudanese subjection to shared autocratic rule (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalism combined British colonization with eagerness to recolonize the Sudan (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt positioned itself alongside Europe by measuring Sudan as backward (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonized and colonizer of Sudan #corroborates (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 527
• Egyptian nationalists saw mastery over the Sudan as restoration of past greatness #corroborates (0.85)
• Egyptian nationalism reproduced colonial racial hierarchy toward the Sudan internally #expands (0.70)
• Egyptian nationalists redefined the Sudan as part of Egypt to mask colonial domination #qualifies (0.60)
• Egyptians feared being viewed by Europe as colonizable like Sudan #complicates (0.50)