British officials sought legitimacy for Sudan through local administration. [fact]
Isma`ïl then decided that the employment of British officials in the Egyptian administration of the Sudan would silence his doubters in Exeter Hall, the London headquarters of the Anti-Slavery Society, and add the desired legitimacy to his consolidation of the Nile Valley.
Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Coloni…, loc. 296