Egyptian Sudan 64 It has the right to possess the entire course of the Nile. It is enough for it to withdraw from Darfur and Kordofan and to keep Khartoum and Sennar in its grip. Ankhatra occupied the Wadi Halfa, Suakin, Berber, Zeila, and Equatoria regions, and the line of the equator, as soon as the Egyptians withdrew from them, thus encircling Sudan from all sides. And so, Egypt's border on June 15, 1880, was between the two cataracts, and nothing remained of Egyptian rule in Sudan except the Equatoria province, under Amin Pasha. The English wanted to eradicate everything. So they made Nubar Pasha write a letter to Amin Pasha on May 27, 1880, telling him that the Khedive's government could not help him with anything, and that he was given complete freedom to manage his affairs, and if he wished to withdraw, he should head to Zanzibar. Ankhatra caused a stir in Europe regarding Amin Pasha, pretending to sympathize with him, even though Amin wrote from Wadelai on July 6, 1889, saying that he wanted nothing and that the province was in a state of complete peace and tranquility. Faisal Ankhatra wrote from Zanzibar that the Egyptians, led by Amin Pasha, were unwilling to leave their province and that they were a garrison for the Khedive's government. Amin Pasha's force consisted of two Egyptian battalions. It was announced among them in 1887 that Amin Pasha would be evacuated from them. So 190 soldiers from those two battalions went to him and informed him that they would not allow him to leave the country. They were the true Amin Pasha, and he remained in his position, administering the country in the name of the Khedive of Egypt. When Stanley arrived in that area on May 19, 1888, under the pretext of rescuing Amin Pasha, Shukri Effendi, an officer from the first battalion, told him that not a single soldier of the Khedive was willing to withdraw from this country.

Jeannette Grant, Stanley's companion, wrote in her memoirs: "Our Amin does not wish to withdraw, so it is not right for us to boast about our campaign, which was not intended to serve humanity, but to serve ambitions and the love of wealth." When Stanley offered Amin Pasha to hand over the province to him in the name of Ankhatra, he replied, "I will not hand it over. What will you say about me?"