The 1919 uprising forced Britain to grant Egypt only nominal independence

Evidence

Although many points of contention were not fully resolved in these negotiations, the uprisings of 1919 succeeded in surprising the British government and changing the terms that even officials long familiar with Egypt had to use to define the country. The British abolished the protectorate and granted Egypt nominal independence. Sultan Husayn Kamil was retired, succeeded by his son Fu`ad, who now bore the title of king, although his claims of being “king of Egypt and the Sudan” were resisted by the British. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 822

Categorization

• XREF: Key comparative fact for the reader: Egypt won nominal independence while the Sudan remained under Anglo-Egyptian condominium — Fu’ad’s contested title exposes the divergence directly.