Britain had renounced the protectorate and approved…
1924 CE to 1935 CE
However, the 1923 Egyptian constitution made no claim to Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan.
Subsequent negotiations in London between the British and the new Egyptian government founder on the Sudan question.
Inflamed by the failure of the talks, nationalists riot in Egypt and in Sudan where a minority support union with Egypt.
In November 1924, Sir Lee Stack, governor general of Sudan and Sirdar, is assassinated in Cairo.
Britain orders all Egyptian troops, civil servants, and public employees withdrawn from Sudan.
In 1925, Khartoum forms the forty-five hundred-man Sudan Defence Force (SDF) under Sudanese officers to replace Egyptian units.
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