British political ambitions. 41 The base for an area of 1500 kilometers in length and its north is the base of the garrison on the course of the Nile up to the lakes from which it originates. In 1865, Baker wrote about Sudan, saying: "The European tourist can tour this country - whose area is equal to the area of France, Germany, and England combined - in safety and comfort that a stroller in Hyde Park - London's great park - might not find if they are delayed in the evening. As for the inhabitants, they are devoted to their government. If these changed in 20 years? And how did their revolution and the Mahdist revolution happen at the same time? That is a secret - all historians say - the key to which is in the hands of the English. And what Sha'anih Luif Bey, whom Ismail Pasha tired out to protect Egypt's borders in Uganda and to conclude a treaty with its king, "Mutaza," said in his book "Egypt and its Lost Territories": "The administration of Gordon and Baker is what angered the Sudanese and incited their revolution. There is no doubt and no doubt that England let the fire burn so that it would have a justification to expel Egypt and take its place, but it did not orchestrate the Mahdist revolution. Sudan revolted because of slavery, the monopoly on ivory, and the corruption of officials. But the government was blind, and England met that with satisfaction and played with Arabi's mind until the army was withdrawn from (1) In 1854, the Royal Geographical Society sent explorers Speke and Grant to discover the sources of the Nile via Zanzibar. In 1862, it sent Speke Baker to Egypt for the same purpose until he knew those sources, he was arrested to explore Egypt through them and asked the Khedive to provide him with what he needed. He set out from Khartoum on December 18, 1862, and arrived in Gondokoro on February 2, 1863. On the 15th of the same month, he met Speke and Grant, who told him about their arrival at a lake he named Victoria, and they discovered three other lakes. The Crown Prince of Britain arrived and returned to England. In 1869, the British government asked Ismail Pasha to appoint him to govern Equatoria. He was sworn in as a Lieutenant General and was given an army of 1500 soldiers and an annual salary of ten thousand pounds. He was given the name Ismailia by Gordon. The government had already granted Equatoria to Mr. Ahmed Al-Batal. He accused him and established a military post in Shandi, 500 miles from Port Tewfik, and returned from that country in 1873, leaving its governorship to Rufa'i Pasha. As for the commander of the army, he requested Gordon's appointment until 1871, and he was succeeded by Romolo Pasha.