Turco-Egyptian Sudan

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Turco-Egyptian Sudan was the 19th-century colonial administration of Sudan jointly controlled by the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, marked by heavy taxation, slave raids, and the conditions that led to the Mahdist uprising.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administration
former territory
historical polity
administrativeCenter Khartoum
areaIncludes Darfur region
surface form: Darfur

Khartoum
Kordofan
Red Sea coast
Sennar State
surface form: Sennar
capital Khartoum
colonizer Egypt
Ottoman Empire
conqueredBy Egypt
Muhammad Ali Pasha
continent Africa
country Sudan
currency Egyptian pound
demographicImpact enslavement of southern Sudanese peoples
population displacement
economyBasedOn gum arabic trade
ivory trade
slave trade
endCause Mahdist War
Mahdist uprising
endTime 1885
followedBy Mahdist Sudan
governmentType colonial administration
military dictatorship
hasSovereign Egypt
Khedivate of Egypt
Ottoman Empire
historicalRegion Nubia
Sudan
inceptionWithEvent Conquest of Sudan
surface form: Egyptian conquest of Sudan
knownFor corrupt administration
heavy taxation
military garrisons
slave raids
languageUsed Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
legalStatus Ottoman-Egyptian condominium
locatedIn Nile Valley
Sub-Saharan Africa
militaryConflict Mahdist War
local tribal revolts
notableGovernor Ali Khurshid Pasha
Charles George Gordon
Muhammad Bey Khusraw
Rauf Pasha
notableLeader Ismail Pasha
surface form: Isma'il Pasha

Muhammad Ali Pasha
partOf Egypt Eyalet
Khedivate of Egypt
Ottoman Empire
precededBy Funj Sultanate
Sultanate of Sennar
reasonForDownfall Mahdism
surface form: Mahdist movement

economic hardship
religious opposition
religion Sunni Islam
significantEvent Conquest of Sudan
surface form: Egyptian conquest of Sudan

Mahdist uprising
construction of Khartoum
heavy taxation policies
slave raids in southern Sudan
startTime 1820
1821
taxPolicy forced labor levies
heavy land taxes

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Subject: Turco-Egyptian Sudan
Description of subject: Turco-Egyptian Sudan was the 19th-century colonial administration of Sudan jointly controlled by the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, marked by heavy taxation, slave raids, and the conditions that led to the Mahdist uprising.

Referenced by (5)

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Mahdist Sudan precededBy Turco-Egyptian Sudan
Wāli of Sudan appliesToJurisdiction Turco-Egyptian Sudan
this entity surface form: Turko-Egyptian Sudan
Wāli of Sudan partOf Turco-Egyptian Sudan
this entity surface form: Egyptian administration of Sudan
Wāli of Sudan historicalContext Turco-Egyptian Sudan
this entity surface form: Turko-Egyptian rule in Sudan
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi opponent Turco-Egyptian Sudan
this entity surface form: Turco-Egyptian administration in Sudan