Egyptian Sudan 40 That is, all of Sudan, Egypt extended its rule and unified the administration of its kingdom up to the equator. In 1870, Egypt did not stop at that, but rather sent an expedition led by Samuel Baker to the sources of the Nile. Al-Zubayr Pasha conquered and organized Gordon at the equator. In 1874, the ruler of Uganda concluded a treaty with Egypt, in which he accepted Egypt's protection over his country, and Ismail Pasha appointed de Bellefond Bey as governor of Eastern Sudan. The land of Sudan was divided into 16 provinces, and each province into districts. The chief engineer of Sudan, Gallop Bey, made plans for the country's natural and political divisions, from which it is understood that the political divisions were: 1. Equatoria 2. Bahr el Ghazal 3. Fashoda 4. El Fasher 5. Dara 6. Toga 7. Sulkamon 8. Kabbakieh 9. Kordofan 10. Khartoum 11. Sennar al-Qazou Gali 12. Gadarif 13. Al-Qallabat 14. Taka 15. Birir 16. Dongola