The Mahdist rebellion lasted 1881-1898 and ended direct Egyptian rule of Sudan

Evidence

Even the famous and decisive rebellion of the Mahdï, which lasted from 1881 to 1898 and effectively ended direct Egyptian control of the Sudan, could not put a stop to the calls made for its reconquest, by men whose books Mitchell himself analyzes in Colonising Egypt. And the omission of these views further ignores the fact that the world of Egyptian bureaucrats and nationalists was not simply a bipolar path between London or Paris and Cairo. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83

Categorization

• QUESTION: Who were these reconquest proponents Mitchell neglects, and what would probing them add to reading of Egyptian nationalism?