and his deprivation of returning to the lands of Egypt, so that if the Khedive returned from there in the aforementioned manner, the Military Council ruled that Khedive Ismail was the cause of this aggressive movement and its instigator, seeking in its dissemination the salaries paid to him annually from the treasury of the country. It was decided that Khedive Tawfiq and the government would have the right to consider cutting these salaries and confiscating them. They submitted this ruling to the Khedive to decree its implementation. The one who submitted it was Mahmoud Pasha Al-Baroudi, and it was said Ali Pasha Al-Ruwayhi, and the former is more accurate. When the Khedive became aware of what was in it, it was a great burden to him, and he consulted Al-Baroudi, but he did not accept. Ahmed Urabi was spoken to about it, and he showed extreme severity and exaggerated in his harshness. The Khedive began to procrastinate and try, hoping to appease the leaders. When the situation became unbearable, he resorted to amending the ruling, in which he revoked and ratified, and replaced the ruling of exile to the farthest parts of Sudan with exile from the lands of Egypt wherever the exiles wished, while preserving their ranks and positions. He did not touch his father's salaries. When the decree was issued from his office in this form, its appearance was a great burden to Al-Baroudi and Ahmed Urabi, and they were almost consumed by anger. They returned to the Khedive, but he insisted on what he had decreed. Al-Baroudi insisted, but he refused and strongly refused. Then the disagreement intensified, and the sedition grew, and the feet of the informers crowded at the doors of both parties, and spies surrounded the Khedive's residence. It was said that Al-Baroudi threatened the Khedive with deposition, but the Khedive paid no attention to it and did not care about it. * One of those close to Al-Baroudi told me * He said that Al-Baroudi's soul, and the soul is prone to evil, longed to ascend the throne of the Egyptian Khedivate after the escalation of the dispute between him and Tawfiq Pasha. He gathered a group of historians and some of them revealed what was in his mind and asked them to bring him his lineage. One of them brought him a tree with many branches, whose origin reached Sultan Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Qaitbay, and it was said to Sultan Al-Malik Qansuh al-Ghawri. Then his back strengthened and his hopes grew. * I said, and while I was researching the truth of this news, I saw people divided into two groups: one group supported it with conclusive evidence, and another group denied it and said it was a slander against Al-Baroudi, which God did not send down. In my opinion, the statement of the second group is closer to the truth and farther from gloating and belittling Al-Baroudi's position. * They said that Al-Baroudi went to the other side, and the Khedive could not bear it. He knew what was in Al-Baroudi's mind, so he wrote to the Sultan about his matter and informed him of his news. The answer came to him to use firmness and deliberation and to handle all matters through their proper channels. So the Khedive was pleased, and the Circassian group was ordered to leave wherever they wished, and they all left for the Sultanate, and none of them stayed behind. Al-Baroudi sent to the deputies of the country, urging them to come to Cairo. They all attended, and their council was convened without the Khedive's permission, as was customary. Al-Baroudi told them what had happened with the Khedive and exaggerated in his complaint, and he held him accountable for matters, including the conspiracy of the Circassian group to kill Ahmed Urabi, the exile of Aisha, known as Al-Kudiyya, and the Abyssinian boy who stole some jewels from the Abdeen Palace, and the mission of Ibrahim Agha Al-Tangi to Sham on a secret mission, and the sending of Thabet Pasha (37 - Al-Kafi, Fourth) and Al-Baroudi summoned the deputies of the country without the Khedive's permission.