Sudanese labeled any uniformed authority figure a Turk regardless of ethnicity

Evidence

It is important to note that Fawzï Pasha always uses the word misrïyyün (Egyptians) when speaking of the administration in the Sudan. His text shows, however, that the Sudanese, particularly those from abïd tribes (non-Muslim tribes), also refer to all people in government uniforms or with military authority as Atrak (Turks). … The note explains that in the Mahdist Sudan the term Turk had no “precise ethnic significance” and was later transferred to the Anglo-Egyptian elite. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1143 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sudanese labeled Egyptian soldiers as Turks, stinging Egyptian national pride; Sudanese called all colonial administrators Turks regardless of nationality — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1143; In Mahdist Sudan the label Turk carried no precise ethnic meaning (+3 more)

Related

• Sudanese called all colonial administrators Turks regardless of nationality (similarity 0.97)
• Sudanese labeled Egyptian soldiers as Turks, stinging Egyptian national pride (similarity 0.95)
• Sudanese referred to all government authorities as Turks regardless of ethnicity (similarity 0.94)
• Arabic-speaking Egyptians were considered Turks in the Sudan context (similarity 0.93)
• The Sudan saw even Arabic-speaking Egyptians as foreign Turks. (similarity 0.89)
• In Mahdist Sudan the label Turk carried no precise ethnic meaning (similarity 0.87)
• Egypt’s colonial rule over Sudan was known to Sudanese as the Turkïya (similarity 0.86)
• Sudanese lumped Egyptian soldiers with their Ottoman Turkish oppressors (similarity 0.85)
• The term Turk shifted from denoting ethnicity to denoting any ruling authority in Sudan. (similarity 0.85)
• The term Turk lost precise ethnic meaning and later labeled Anglo-Egyptian rulers (similarity 0.85)
• Sudan’s pre-independence conquest by Egypt was Turkish in identity, not Arabic-Egyptian (similarity 0.83)
• Sudanese perceived Egyptian soldiers as ‘Turks,’ destabilizing Egypt’s civilizing ideology (similarity 0.82)
• Sudanese memory of the Turkïya obscures Arabic-speaking Egyptians’ real role in that colonial administration (similarity 0.82)
• Shared language and religion did not protect Egyptians from degradation in Mahdist Sudan (similarity 0.81)
• The term Sudanese originally denoted southern slaves, not northern Arabs. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Sudanese called all colonial administrators Turks regardless of nationality #corroborates (0.95) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1143
• In Mahdist Sudan the label Turk carried no precise ethnic meaning #expands (0.90)
• The term Turk shifted from denoting ethnicity to denoting any ruling authority in Sudan. #expands (0.85)
• Arabic-speaking Egyptians were considered Turks in the Sudan context #exemplifies (0.80)
• Kalmar note that while the term Turk was often used to designate the Ottoman forces, it was used because Turks were the prototypical Muslims of the time period. #expands (0.60)