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In September 1875, Raouf Pasha sent a campaign to Harar, where he captured and killed Prince Muhammad. Harar remained Egyptian until it was evacuated along with the Sudan regions. Hamasim was the cause of the war with Abyssinia and the defeat of the Egyptians on November 11, 1875, and March 8, 1876. Gordon Pasha succeeded Ismail Pasha Ayoub (77-79). Sudan was filled with foreign officials, and revolts began, such as the revolt of Sultan Harun in Darfur, the revolt of Suleiman, son of Al-Zubair, the revolt of Rag Malli Al-Zubair, and the revolt of Al-Sabahi in Darfur. In 1877, Ismail Pasha began the construction of a railway from Halfa to Khartoum, but only 50 miles were completed. When Tawfiq Pasha succeeded Ismail Pasha on the throne of Egypt (June 25, 1879), Gordon was the governor of Sudan and resigned (September 7, 1879). Raouf Pasha was appointed to succeed him. In 1880, a revolt broke out in Somalia, which was supported by the governor of Harar. Then came the "Urabi revolt in Egypt, followed by the revolt of Muhammad Ahmad. Abd al-Qadir Pasha Helmi succeeded Raouf Pasha (82-83), then Alaa al-Din Pasha, then Gordon, whose mission was only to evacuate those lands. From the foregoing, you can see that the Egyptians preceded the British in everything in the Sudanese lands. They preceded them in building mosques, opening dams, establishing schools, planting art, and in methods of communication and civilizing the people. Transportation methods were improved, so much so that a Pasha named Mil was working on preparing the road from Wadi Jarba, and he built bridges on it. Now the British and the French, to the equator. After Sudan was restored and divided between Egypt and Britain in 1898, Abbas Pasha, who died on December 3, 1901, visited and delivered his speech, which included thanks to those who completed the railway, abolished the power of the Mahdi, and brought comfort.

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