British Policy Studies Egyptian Sudan What it was and what it became?

In a report submitted to the British government in 1883, Stewart Pasha (1) described Egyptian Sudan, stating: "The land now occupied by the Egyptians and called 'Sudan' is a very large country, vast in its extremities. Its length from north to south – that is, from Aswan to the Equator (2) – is about 24 degrees, or 1650 miles. Its width from Massawa to western Darfur is about 22 degrees, or 1200 to 1400 miles. If we start from the point of Berenice on the Red Sea coast in the east, along a line parallel to the 24th degree, to an undefined point in the Libyan Desert, it is intersected by the 27th degree east of Greenwich. From there, the border line heads south to the west until it connects in the north of Darfur province to the west. Then it runs approximately straight south to the 11th or 12th degree. From Mbutu, it heads southeast to Lake Albert Nyanza and Victoria Nyanza, and ascends from there north to the east, encompassing the Harrar region. It then reaches the Indian Ocean at Ras Hafun, and on the Red Sea coast to Berenice. The British Foreign Office printed this report and attached the map that (1) Stewart was the deputy of Gordon Pasha, the Governor-General of Sudan. Gordon sent him from Khartoum to Egypt in September 1884 to request reinforcements for his survival. The steamer Abbas, accompanied by the British Consul Mr. Baring, the French Consul Monsieur Herbin, Hassan Effendi Hassan from the British telegraph service, and 18 Greek merchants, set sail. The steamer Abbas towed four small boats carrying a group of Jewish, Syrian, and Greek merchants. The steamer collided with a post in Shala and then with a herd of horses. Before the massacre, he reassured them, saying he wanted to add them and prepare men for their feast. They gathered at his house where they were all slaughtered. (2) The borders of Sudan were at the second degree beyond the Equator.