Muhammad Ali's successors, Abbas I (1849-54) and…

1864 CE to 1875 CE

Muhammad Ali's successors, Abbas I (1849-54) and Said (1854- 63), had lacked leadership qualities and paid little attention to Sudan, but Isma'il (1863-79) revitalizes Egyptian interest in the country.

In 1865 the Ottoman Empire cedes the Red Sea coast and its ports to Egypt; two years later, the Ottoman sultan grants Isma'il the title of khedive (sovereign prince).

Egypt organizes and garrisons the new provinces of Upper Nile, Bahr al-Ghazal, and Equatoria and, in 1874, conquers and annexes Darfur.

Isma'il names Europeans to provincial governor­ships and appoints Sudanese to more responsible government posi­tions.

Responding to British pressure, Isma'il takes steps to eliminate the slave trade in Northern Sudan.

Attempts to build an army on the European model that will no longer depend on slaves for manpower, however, causes unrest.

Army units mutiny, and many Sudanese resent the quartering of troops among the civilian population and the use of Sudanese forced labor on public projects.

Efforts to suppress the slave trade also anger the urban merchant class and the Baqqara Arabs, who have grown prosperous by selling slaves.

Locations
Khartoum > Al-Khartum Al-Khartum Sudan View →

People
Isma'il Pasha View →

Groups
Nubians View → Arab people View → Ja'alin tribe View → Christians, Monophysite View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Funj people View → Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe) View → Ottoman Empire View → Sennar, Funj Sultanate of View → Baggara View → Darfur, Keira Sultanate of View → Shaigiya View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View → Sudan, Turco-Egyptian View → Egypt, Khedivate of View →

Commodities
Weapons View → Slaves View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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