British political ambitions 9 Greatly. The source from Egypt via Aswan alone was two million pounds, and the exports from Suakin, Qena, and Assiut were equivalent to this amount. As for Sudan's imports to Egypt via Egypt, they were around 11 million pounds. Now, Egypt has no more of this commercial import and export except for a small portion that is hardly worth mentioning. If it weren't for the import of Sudanese livestock in recent times, the commercial ties and relations between Egypt and its Sudan would have reached the point of non-existence, despite the increase in development and population, reaching one and a half million. The current trade between Egypt and Sudan indicates that Egypt is not losing Sudan's goods, the source of its life, but rather its trade and industries. Therefore, the Egyptian government, headed by Sherif Pasha alone, did not object in 1884 to the British attempt to evacuate Sudan, but rather national and foreign merchants also objected to this attempt. They submitted a petition to Khedive Tawfiq Pasha and his minister Tobar Pasha and the consuls of the countries, in which they said: "The imports of Sudan are one million pounds (via Aswan) and its exports are 11 million and a half million pounds, and the properties and establishments are estimated in the many millions, and the number of Christian merchants is 15,000, and the number of Egyptian merchants is 40,000, and the number of Egyptian trade caravans is three thousand, and the number of European trade caravans is about a thousand, and the stock of goods is estimated at half a million pounds." However, all of this did not prevent England's determination to evacuate Sudan, but rather it was what prompted them to evacuate it in order to take possession of it. As soon as the evacuation order was issued, Admiral Hewitt landed an English force in Suakin (February 24, 1884). And before that, in '83, they had planned the railway from Suakin to Berber to divert the trade route from Egypt to Suakin, thus profiting from Sudan's wealth. And you find their ships are a ramp for transport without congestion. After occupying Suakin, they sent Major Hunter to occupy Zubala, Berber, and beyond. So the Egyptian soldiers were