A note on Egypt

• Ruled since 1850 by hereditary rulers called the Khedives, who were originally Ottoman Governors.
• The Khedives are in collusion with the French who wish to construct a canal in Suez, which was eventually completed in 1867
• The French pump money into Khedive as well as the canal
• Eventually the British insinuate themselves into Egypt with the purchase of controlling of Suez Canal by Disraeli (the Suez canal is a private corporation)
• The British dispatch troops to protect the Suez in 1877
• By 1879, the Arab Nationalists in Egypt rebel against the foreign influences headed by Colonel Aeabi and the Muslim Brotherhood. British defeat the movement and thereby establish a "protectorate" over Egypt. they convert this into control of the Nile valley in 1881.
• General Gordon captures Khartoum, then is surrounded by the Mahdi Army of Sudanese Sufis. The Sufis are massacred