Egyptian Sudan 42 Sudan, there was no longer any power. General succeeded, and these three reasons proved successful in his book "The Mahdia and Sudan." But Egypt remained capable of suppressing sedition after 1882, were it not for the English sending their men to take charge. Thus, Hubert Pasha wrote to The Times on February 3, 1885, saying: "Now the Sudanese revolt has become a religious war waged by Muslims against Christians who have extended their hand to possess this land." However, colonial officials remained convinced that the revolt was successful due to the injustice of Egyptian officials. When Abd al-Qadir Pasha was sent to Khartoum in 1883, the rebels were defeated for the first time and settled in the Sinnar region. Then they were defeated a second time, and he was able to achieve victory everywhere despite the small number of his soldiers. But this did not please the English, so they suggested appointing Alaa al-Din Pasha as governor of Sudan and organized the Hicks expedition under the command of Sulayman Niazi Pasha. Sulayman Niazi Pasha was ordered to follow Hicks's instructions, but they decided to dismiss him from his post because he was a military man and might dispute Hicks's will. They appointed Alaa al-Din Pasha, who was not a military man, so that he would submit and obey. The result was the loss of the entire expedition and the uprising of all of Sudan. Gordon wrote in his memoirs: "When I think of the lives sacrificed in Sudan since 1880, I cannot help but feel a desire for revenge against Sir Evelyn Baring, Sir Edward Malet, and Sir Charles Dilke, because they did not know all of this." Pasha Slatin says that he received orders in 1883 to gather his soldiers in Cairo and to choose one of the ancient royal lineage there to hand over the country and evacuate it. English policy did not stop there; it decreed that Egypt should evacuate Sudan. It added to the foregoing that the presence of the English in Egypt was necessary for fear of the Dervish gangs attacking Cairo, who had become regular armies, threatening Egypt, which had been torn apart fifty years earlier by the strongest, most organized, and best-equipped armies, and secured it.