Tariq Ahmed Osman

He had a firm base for his call there and attracted some of the senior scholars of Upper Egypt. He reached the borders of Egypt and Sudan and found followers in Turkey, Somalia, and Eritrea. Sayyid Ibrahim Al-Rashid left a great cultural legacy in Egypt. His influence deepened, and some families in Esna still name their sons after him. In Al-Zaytiyya, north of Luxor, he married two women and had students like Aga Rasim and Sheikh Ali Al-Jarbi, who was the general preacher for the Egyptian prisons. The Tariqa of Sayyid Ahmed bin Idris culturally linked Egypt and Sudan. Sayyid Ahmed bin Idris stayed in Egypt for five years, from 1818 to 1823. From there, he sent his student Sayyid Muhammad Uthman Al-Mirghani Al-Khatim to Sudan. He arrived in Sudan in 1823 and achieved great success there. He founded a Sufi order that later played an important role in the social and religious life of Sudan. Its sheikhs were also connected to Egypt. Sayyid Uthman II, son of Sayyid Al-Hasan, sought refuge in Egypt when the siege by the Mahdist revolution intensified. He traveled sick to Egypt, where he died and was buried in 1896. Sayyid Ali bin Muhammad Uthman II followed in his father's footsteps in Egypt and remained there. He defended against the dual invasion, returning to Sudan via Suakin. In Egypt, British intelligence and the Egyptian government monitored him and provided him with assistance due to the hardships he and his family faced during the Mahdist era. Sayyid Ali spent his early childhood in Egypt. As a prominent leader, he played an active role in shaping Sudan's affairs. It is highly probable that the period of his life spent in Egypt helped solidify his vision for the future. If we consider that Sayyid Ali was a strong supporter of the unity movement with Egypt, and this was a result of the developments that affected the national movement after World War I. Sayyid Ali Al-Mirghani was the most important leader of this movement. Despite his private remarks to some that he detested Egyptians, he preferred them over Abd al-Rahman, his rival and adversary in the Sudanese arena, who would become the ruler of Sudan.