ABSTRACT
Following the establishment of the condominium in 1899, Egyptian-Sudanese relations passed through several stages. In the years 1899 to 1924 the unity of the Nile Valley was the recognized aim of Egyptian nationalists. The Anglo-Egyptian Agreement of 1936 ushered in a new stage in Egyptian involvement in the Sudan, In theory, it reestablished the pre-1924 status quo ante in the trilateral relations between Britain, Egypt, and the Sudan, In practice, however, a major change had occurred in the intervening years. The Free Officers' revolution of July 23, 1952, created a new situation with regard to Egyptian-Sudanese relations. Although the Free Officers were as committed to the unity of the Nile Valley as their predecessors in power, the deposition of King Faruq removed an important obstacle, thereby making a compromise possible. Furthermore, Muhammad Nagib, Egypt's new president, was half Sudanese and had been educated in the Sudan, and many of the Free Officers' leaders had been his contemporaries at Gordon College.
