Colonel Gordon arrived in Egypt in the latter part of the Hijri year 1294. His visit to the Al-Nuzha Palace in Shubra, where he was staying, was met with a cool reception. He was accompanied by two officers, Obeid and Badr, who were employees of the Equatorial Province. He seemed to be experiencing a period of apathy.

He asked for permission to leave, and I was determined not to visit him again. As I was leaving, those two officers reprimanded me for the cold reception I had received. They had just returned from the Equator. They had left Khartoum for Cairo and Europe on the same steamer as Dr. Baker, and had left before anything of my situation had been decided.

They were returning from Europe, and when they saw me with Colonel Gordon, they thought I had come with him for the first time. The two officers in question were Colonel (Marno Bey) and Colonel (Munson Bey). They asked Colonel Gordon about the reason for this coldness. He told them everything about Baker's situation. They denied everything Baker had said and told him the truth from beginning to end. He was not convinced until they showed him correspondence from the Governor-General.

They insisted that he should not believe Baker and Dr. Amin, as it indicated their intrigues. Following this, they sent a message to Colonel Gordon, apologizing profusely and asking him to believe that his friendship with them was still as strong and high as it had been, and that he was greatly indebted to them for the insult he had suffered. He accepted their apology, and I was able to maintain our friendship. He wrote two letters to the Ministry of the Interior and the Governor-General, praising me and requesting that I be appointed to a position of trust.