L’unité de la vallée du Nil: les Égyptiens et le Soudan 1898–1956

Abstract

The complicated relations between Egypt and Great Britain concerning Sudan invite an examination of the influences that the dealings of the Condominium powers in Sudan were able to exercise over the formation of modern Sudan. The specific purpose of this article is to clarify one of the aspects of this problem by examining, over the long term, the evolution of the Egyptian discourse on Sudan. From the Egyptian point of view, Sudan was clearly exploited; it was at the same time an issue of rivalry with the British and an issue of power. Furthermore, it was, at the time of the Egyptian monarchy, a central element of the identity of the ruling power, a kind of heritage to defend in memory of the founder of the ruling dynasty, Méhémet Ali.