The distant regions, since their creation, and the Nile entered effectively from its source to its mouth into Egypt's possession. When Gordon's position in those regions was established, he sent his Chief of Staff, Colonel Chaillé-Long, an American, to Mutesa, King of Uganda. An agreement was reached with him, and at the end of 1874 AD, this kingdom came under the protection of the Egyptian government. Sharif Pasha was then the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1875 AD, he sent a notification to all political agents of foreign countries in Egypt, informing them of the accession of those regions to the Egyptian government. Among them was the political agent of England, a doctor. These lands remained counted as dependencies of Egypt until 1889 AD, when Stanley, in the name of the Egyptian government, ordered the Director of the Equator at that time, Emin Pasha, to evacuate and abandon the said province. He and his soldiers abandoned it under duress from the English government to the Egyptian government, so that the atmosphere there would clear for it. Indeed, England soon declared its protection over Uganda in 1890 AD. The evacuation from this area is like the evacuation of the Egyptians from