The North and informed him of the orders to arrest him and take him to the Mahdi.

He initially refused, then submitted, and was very friendly and solicitous towards the Mahdi.

Dr. Schnitzer, who later called himself "Emine Pasha," then became governor of the Equator.

During this traveler's stay on the Equator, many European merchants there heard that he was determined to conspire with Gordon and that his conspiracy would lead to his dismissal. They suggested Emin Effendi, the doctor of the Mahdi, for the governorship of the Equator provinces after his dismissal.

I did not pay attention to this talk and considered it mere gossip, especially since it mentioned Emin Effendi, the doctor, because I and all the other officials believed him to be lacking in vision and skill, even in his own profession, which he had mastered and studied. How could he be appointed to the position of governor of the Equator, which was militarily administered and its operations based on military and administrative matters? Then Dr. (Junker) left the Equator on a steamer. I wrote to Colonel Gordon informing him of everything that had happened between me and Dr. (Junker), and explaining to him the intentions of those merchants and of Emin Effendi, the doctor. When the steamer reached a place called (Shabsha), about a hundred miles from Khartoum, it was delayed. The traveler disembarked and hired a camel, on which he arrived in Khartoum. He met Colonel Gordon and told him all sorts of lies and slanders. He became enraged, as was his habit, as his impression was to listen to anyone who complained first, rather than to investigate the truth and ascertain his intentions.

Sudan.