@article{Abdul Hamid_Ibrahim_2006, title={Controversy Surrounding the Grand Qāḍī of the Sudan, 1899 – 1956: A Historical Analysis}, volume={14}, url={https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/id/article/view/84}, DOI={10.31436/id.v14i1.84}, abstractNote={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Abstract: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">The establishment of a nominally Anglo-Egyptian partnership, but practically a <em>defacto </em>British rule in the Sudan, led the British to appoint Egyptians in religious posts, including the position of the Grand <em>Qā</em></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black;">ḍ</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">ī. </span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">But the British drive to de-Egyptianise the Sudan administration, and the steady rise of Sudanese nationalism led the British government, after a long acrimonious debate, to appoint a Sudanese to be the Grand <em>Qā</em></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black;">ḍ</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">ī</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">. This move, the historical survey shows, was well received by the Sudanese </span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20;">‘</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">ulamā</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">and the <em>Muftī</em> apparently went to the extent of “fabricating” religious evidence in its favour</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>}, number={1}, journal={Intellectual Discourse}, author={Abdul Hamid, Besah and Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed}, year={2006}, month={Jun.} }