## Egyptian Sudan It has the right to possess the entire Nile valley; it is enough for it to withdraw from Darfur and Kordofan and to keep Khartoum and Sennar in its grasp. England occupied the Wadi Halfa, Suakin, Berber, Zeila, Uganda, and the Equator line as soon as the Egyptians left, thus encircling Sudan from all sides. And so Egypt's border was set on June 15, 1885, between the thirties, and nothing remained of Egyptian rule in Sudan except the Equator province under Emin Pasha. The English wanted to eradicate everything. They compelled Nubar Pasha to write to Emin Pasha a letter on May 27, 1885, telling him that the Khedive's government could not help him in any way, and that it left him complete freedom to manage as he saw fit, and if he wished to withdraw, he should head to Zanzibar. England made a fuss in Europe about Emin Pasha, pretending to be concerned for him, even though Emin wrote from Wadelai on July 6, 1886, saying that he did not want anything and that the province was in the utmost peace and quiet. The British consul in Zanzibar wrote that the Egyptians, led by Emin Pasha, were unwilling to leave their province and that they were all loyal to the Khedive's government. Emin Pasha's force consisted of two Egyptian battalions. It was announced among them in 1887 that Emin Pasha would abandon them, so 190 soldiers from those two battalions went to him and informed him that they would not let him leave the country. Emin Pasha explained the truth to them and remained in his post, administering the country in the name of the Khedive of Egypt. When Stanley arrived on May 19, 1888, to that area under the pretext of rescuing Emin Pasha, Shukri Agha, one of the officers of the first battalion, said to him, "Not a single soldier of the Khedive's troops is willing to withdraw from this country." John Roth Rob, Stanley's companion, wrote in a memorandum, "Emin does not wish to withdraw, so it is not right for us to triumph with our slogan, which was not intended to serve humanity but to serve ambitions and love of wealth." When Stanley offered Emin Pasha to hand over the province to him in the name of England, he replied, "I will not hand it over. What do you say about