In the heart of the country, he then drafted its law and presented it to Khedive Ismail, demanding the liberation of the country and the release of the subjects from their chains. He hesitated and did not accept, but he insisted and threatened to step down and relinquish his leadership position if he persisted in his refusal. Then, what happened at that time from the Khedive's side was the reason for leaving that law in the corners of neglect. When Prince Muhammad Tawfiq Pasha assumed the Khedivate and the leadership position was entrusted to him, he had good faith in his master and was sincere to him. Some news writers said that he explained to him the good and blessings of the consultation and made him eager to work with it. He agreed to his opinion and invited him to enact a law that would not affect his inherent rights or diminish his hereditary authority. He presented to him the law that he had drafted during his father Ismail's reign. He consulted the men of his court about the permissibility of acting upon it, but they discouraged him, misrepresented the facts, and exaggerated the consequences. He turned away from it. The minister returned to him, but he was not satisfied. He relinquished his leadership position on the thirtieth of Sha'ban, as previously stated. (I say) This is another account of the reasons for his relinquishing his position, and I believe it to be incorrect, while the first is more accurate. Mustafa Riad Pasha had, until this time, been residing in European countries, having fled from Ismail Pasha for fear of his oppression, as previously mentioned. The Khedive sent for him, urging him to come and entrusting him with the leadership position. He appointed a temporary cabinet under his leadership, which included Minister Mansour Pasha Yakan, Ali Haidar Pasha, Zu al-Fiqar Pasha, Mustafa Fahmy Pasha, Muhammad Mar'ashli Pasha, Othman Rafi Pasha, and Ali Ibrahim Pasha. People discussed the matter of Mustafa Riad Pasha's summons and were apprehensive about his appointment to the leadership position, fearing its consequences due to their knowledge of his lack of success and his ill fortune for the country. Their discussions intensified. On the seventeenth of Ramadan, Riad Pasha arrived in Cairo. The Khedive greatly honored him, and for days he went back and forth to the Khedive's residence, while people were in fear as if birds were on their heads. Then it was rumored that his summoning, and subsequent distancing, was at the instigation of the British government and the insistence of their consul in Egypt. Some news writers said, and the report states, that when he went to London, the capital of Britain, after his escape from Cairo, he met with Wilcocks, who was in charge of Egyptian finance during Ismail Pasha's reign. He complained to him about his situation, the hardship he endured, and the humiliation of being distanced from his family and homeland. Wilcocks brought him closer to prominent British politicians and won them over, informing them of his situation and what he had suffered from Ismail Pasha. The narrator said that some of them asked him, saying, "What will you do if we return you to Egypt and appoint you to the leadership position?" He replied, "I will guarantee you my support for your authority, the implementation of your directives, and in all circumstances, I will act according to your instructions." They promised him this if he kept his word and did not go back on it. From that time on, they began working with the Khedive to bring him back and appoint him. Minister Muhammad Sharif Pasha sensed this, so he resigned and vacated the position for them. The Khedive summoned him as the British consul had suggested. The people's belief in the truth of this news was further strengthened by the approval of the English newspapers at that time of his appointment to the leadership position, their praise for his competence, good governance, and ability to manage affairs in the best possible way.