Accompanying us, the commander, the abuse from us, so I entrusted to you the order to sort out the four boats and the soldiers and their weapons. He replied, "My lord, I am the one who desires to serve my country." You know me. At that point, he gave me the order for the late Ismail Pasha, with a guarantee.

What he said, so I received the order and went to the commander and handed him the letters. He received me well and ordered me to proceed to the barracks to begin sorting out the soldiers and their officers and weapons.

According to the desire of Colonel Gordon, I took them to the palace and examined their bodies, movements, and the quality of their weapons. He addressed me in front of the officers with words of thanks and gratitude. He then addressed the officers and soldiers, comforting them and making them happy.

Then he ordered me to prepare them all to travel to the Equator line, except for a few who remained with him as his personal guard.

Accordingly, we prepared four steamers for the transport of the aforementioned soldiers, which were (Berdin), (Talhwein), (Al-Safia), and (Al-Mansoura). We loaded them onto the steamers, which traveled to their destination in the month of Sha'ban in the year 1297.

As for me, I was delayed by his order to be appointed commander of his guard. After a few days, his order was issued to prepare the paddle steamer called (Khudbu) for him to ride, and we were with him. We set off with the blessing of God on the White Nile, and we arrived at (Fashoda) after a period of time. From the newspaper Al-Gawa'ib, issued on Wednesday, the 15th of Rabi' al-Awwal, 1298 AH, under the title "Egypt, what comes next."

It was mentioned in the newspaper published in Alexandria that Colonel Gordon, whom the Great Khedive appointed Governor of the Equator line, succeeding Sir Samuel Baker.

Khartoum - March 14th, 1881, to His Excellency Khairi Pasha, Minister of the Khedive, stating that...