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King of Men
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It seems like a particularly useless polite fiction. The Ottomans certainly knew who was actually in charge in Egypt; so did the Egyptians; so did the other European powers. What would have gone differently in the alternate world where the British just straightforwardly proclaimed that Egypt was now a British vassal? Or even better, simply annexed the place?
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Elison R. Salazar
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It would've probably jeopardized British interests in Afghanistan.
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What? How do you figure that? [Confused]
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