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British political ambitions and the Khedive. He said, "The Egyptian and Sudanese officials who are failing in their duties, and who are supposed to protect the people, and so on."
The difference was that the visit of Sultan and his visit were very great, like the difference between two sisters. Lord Cromer, the British Consul-General, who forced the Egyptian government to leave Sudan.
In 1901, 1902, and 1903, the country was visited three times. The first time was in the year of the plague, and he promised reforms, etc. The matter in Sudan had become a matter of concern. In the second year, plans for public works were drawn up there, such as the construction of dams and the like. And when we went to Egypt, we said, "Gladstone's prophecy of 1881 is true." We went to Sudan, and when we went to Sudan, we extended our hands from the equator to South Africa and completed the formation of our African empire.