When Colonel Gordon's letter reached the Sublime Porte, I, Al-Dabbu, the Na'ib of the Murbiyyat, was informed. I apologized, stating there was no suitable position for me. So, I was placed on leave with half salary, which was twenty-five pounds. Not three months had passed since my placement on leave when Colonel Gordon summoned me and appointed me to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan East. I began preparations for travel to assume my post. While I was thus engaged, I received news that Colonel Gordon had resigned from his position and that the Egyptian government had dismissed him. I hurried and asked him to intercede for me to accept the dismissal from this position. He did so, and I accepted his mediation. The order was issued for my return to the capital. As for the reasons for Colonel Gordon's resignation, I did not ascertain any of them. From the newspaper reports at the time, it seems that the dispute between Egypt and Abyssinia regarding the demarcation of borders was not being handled by Colonel Gordon in the way the Egyptian government desired, which was to resolve the dispute amicably and avoid conflict through peaceful negotiations. Rather, it was preferred that he would do so. The Egyptian government's situation at that time was in internal turmoil that the reader cannot comprehend, and this was evident before the resignation of the late Al-Dabbu Ismail Pasha. It is more plausible to believe this account. The government decided to grant him twenty thousand pounds as a reward for his services in Sudan. He apologized for accepting it and showed his nobility by saying, "I did not serve the Egyptian government to receive a reward from it, but rather my intention was to serve humanity and benefit mankind." What I could accept was the salary for two months that I had not yet received. So, I was buried.