The military salute arrived, until one of the Khedive's aides came to us and ordered us to lay down our arms and ammunition in the railway carriages, then the soldiers returned to their countries. The aide was kind enough to ask us to hand over our swords, daggers, and regimental flags. We complied. After that, they led us, along with all the officers, about two hundred officers in total, to the Saray al-Ramal, half of us imprisoned. Our guards were English soldiers, who treated us well, providing clean food, tea, and coffee. After a week, the delegation of Isma'il Kamil Pasha arrived with officers from the army. They inspected the junior officers and some of the Bimbashis, ordering all those holding the rank of Fahmi and above, and some of the Bimbashis, to appear. They informed us all that we were stripped of our ranks, titles, and medals, and were like the rest of the common people. Then they led us to Alexandria, to Ras al-Tin Palace, where we found the Khedive Tawfiq Pasha standing on a balcony overlooking us, with signs of sorrow evident on his face, as the English soldiers surrounded us like a bracelet around an arm.

After we stood under the balcony at Ras al-Tin Palace, Othman Pasha Effendi, the Governor of Alexandria, came to us and led us to the prison of Bab Sharq in Alexandria. We were led from a dark corridor, too narrow for more than one person, into a prison where there was no light and one could not see due to the intense darkness. In this prison, insects like fleas and bugs competed to suck our blood. Due to the intensity of the heat, some of us were covered in them, in addition to the pain we endured from the bites, making it impossible for sleep to visit our eyelids. We spent that night with no bedding other than the ground.