The 1936 treaty did not resolve the question of Sudan, which, under the terms of the existing Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement of 1899, stated that Sudan should be jointly governed by Egypt and Britain, but with real power remaining in British hands.
Traktaten i 1936 løste ikke spørgsmålet om Sudan, som under betingelserne i den eksisterende aftale om fælles styre i Sudan angav at Sudan skulle styres i fællesskab af Egypten og Storbritannien, men med den reelle magt i briternes hænder.