British Political Ambitions 41 Khartoum was the base for an area 1500 kilometers long, and Kassala was the base of the garrison on the Nile up to the lakes from which it originated. In 1865, Baker (1) Pasha wrote about Sudan saying: "The European tourist can roam this land – whose area is equivalent to the combined area of France, Germany, and England – in safety and comfort that a stroller in Hyde Park – London's great park – might not find if he lingers there in the evening. As for the inhabitants, they are weary of their government, so what has changed in 20 years? And how did their revolution and the Arab Revolution occur at the same time? That is a secret – all historians say – whose key is in the hands of the English. Among what the young Longh Pasha, whom Ismail Pasha noticed, said about their middle ground in Uganda and the treaty with its king, 'Mutesa,' in his book 'Egypt and its Wandering Possessions': 'Gordon and Baker's administration is what angered the Sudanese and incited their revolution. Without a doubt, England allowed the fire to smolder so that it would have a justification for expelling Egypt and its dependencies. However, it did not foresee the widespread revolution.' Sudan was agitated by the abolition of slavery, the monopoly on ivory, and the harshness of the officials. But its agitation was local. England met this with feigned relief and played on the mind of Iraqi until the army was withdrawn from (1) In 1858, the English Geographical Society sent the travelers Speke and Grant to discover the sources of the Nile by way of Zanzibar. In 1862, Speke and Grant were sent to Egypt for the same purpose. In 1862, Speke and Grant were sent to Egypt for the same purpose. When the Khedive learned of this, Captain Speke and Grant were sent to Egypt for the same purpose. When the Khedive learned of this, Captain Speke and Grant were sent to Egypt for the same purpose. When the Khedive learned of this, the three of them presented their findings to Egypt and asked the Khedive to support them with what they needed. He set out from Khartoum on December 18, 1862. He reached Gondokoro on February 2, 1863. On the 15th of the same month, Speke and Grant announced their arrival at a lake they named Lake Victoria. Samuel Baker set out south to discover the other lake, and reached the lake he named after the Crown Prince, Lake Albert, and returned to England. In 1869, the British government asked Ismail Pasha to appoint him governor of Equatoria. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier and given command of an army of 10,000 soldiers, with a salary of ten thousand pounds. Gondokoro was named Ismailia, and the government had previously given a concession for Equatoria for an unspecified period to Ahmed al-Madani, commander of his army in Shendi, for 500 miles. Albert Niyazi returned from those lands in 1873, leaving behind the Pasha Rauf Pasha, commander of the army. However, the Crown Prince of England preferred Gordon to be appointed governor until 1876, and he was succeeded by Barth and then Emin Pasha. 6