British political ambitions 13 The soldiers were withdrawn and six battalions from Eastern Sudan were brought in, and the revolt in Sennar was taken. The officials who betrayed were dismissed. Then he himself marched with an army to quell the revolt in Sennar, one by one. He was about to extinguish the revolt in all directions when he received an order from Cairo to withdraw, as if the British did not want to extinguish the revolt but rather to escalate it. Then Alaa El Din Pasha was appointed in his place, and it was assumed that Abd al-Qadir Pasha wanted independence in Sudan. It is known that when the British entered Cairo, the first thing they did was disband the army on December 20, 1882, then they gathered six thousand men and appointed the Seraphin and Wood. They appointed British officers as commanders and sent to Sudan ten thousand remnants of Arabi's army led by Hicks Pasha. Alaa El Din Pasha arrived in Khartoum on February 20, 1883, and his authority was confined to the royal administration, and Suleiman Pasha Niazi was in charge of the military, and Hicks Pasha was the chief of staff. When Abd al-Qadir Pasha arrived in Egypt, he urged the government to allow the army to guard the White Nile so that the revolt would not extend to Sennar, and to leave Muhammad Ahmad alone in Kordofan, as he would fall on his own. They did not listen to his advice. Hicks Pasha prepared a large expedition to Kordofan, consisting of 7,000 infantry, 5,000 regular cavalry, and 5,000 volunteer cavalry, 2,000 followers, 5,000 camels, 3,000 mules, 100,000 donkeys, 5,000 horses, 100 mountain guns, 4 Krupp guns, and 7 field guns. This army marched and lost its way. On November 4, the Dervishes began to surround Hicks' camp, which had entered a valley full of forests and thorns in search of water, as thirst was afflicting the soldiers. Muhammad Ahmad's men attacked them from all sides. They killed the army, and only two officers and 300 soldiers were taken prisoner. At that point, Colonel Stewart sent a report to his government that the time had come to evacuate Sudan, and they urged Khedive Tawfiq Pasha to do so, but he did not agree.