Egyptian Sudan 58 This secret was revealed by an English official, correspondent for the French newspaper L'Écho, saying: "The English (Marfin) are comfortable with the agreement of January 19th, and we have kept Suakin under Egyptian suzerainty as they used to do in the past by placing the wounded in a breach in the wall before the siege. Or as they do today by setting up Red Cross hospitals instead of armored towers. Thus, we keep Suakin semi-independent on the road to Sudan for this purpose. And what does it matter to us afterwards, as long as our compensation is complete?" And if England stipulated in the agreement the abolition of the authority of the Khedive, it is because the abolition of this authority in 1876 was against its will, after it had agreed in 1870 with Germany to have a free hand in Egypt. We did not feel the rule of this Khedive in 1896 by returning funds to the Debt Fund, and it relied on 62 million francs available in that fund to launch the Sudan campaign. And what indicates most clearly the effect of politics on souls and opinions is that Sir Mcrit - who had opened the Khedive's authority in one of the English campaigns, extending its favor over all judicial systems - attacked it fiercely in 1898, demanding its abolition. He sounded out Fares Pasha Ghali, with a hint from Lord Cromer, to gauge the pulse of the powers on this matter. Germany was the most resistant of the powers, so the English postponed the project to a more opportune time, which was the war. We have seen them postpone the rule of this Khedive year after year until they circumvented it or made it their own - i.e., an English ruler - were it not for Egypt's gift of independence and its prevention of the English project.

This is what is said about the agreement of January 19, 1899, which enabled England to control Sudan. However, the commander of the army, when he wanted to pursue Abdullah al-Ta'aishi to defeat him, sent his brother with a force of 6,000 fighters. A quarter of them were incapacitated by illness and fatigue. So he dismissed him and took command of the force himself, which surprised Muhammad Sharif and two of the Mahdi's sons in