However, the attitudes of the Turkish administration towards the Khatmiyya varied from place to place. In the Nile region, the rulers disliked the enormous processions that surrounded the leadership of the Khatmiyya when they came there. They viewed the "Khalifas" as idle individuals, denied them the right to collect gifts, and were annoyed by the problems they caused due to competition among themselves. Some Turkish governors adopted hostile policies towards the Khatmiyya and exerted severe pressure on them.

Based on the foregoing, we conclude that what existed between the Khatmiyya and the Turks was never a strong alliance between the government of the country and a Sufi order, as Naum Shuqair tried to portray this relationship. Abu Salim went so far as to say that the assertion of a close relationship between the Khatmiyya and the Turkish administration, which created hatred and envy from other Sufi groups towards the Khatmiyya, lacks evidence and argument.

Researcher Al-Naser Abu Kroug also believes that the government did not favor the Khatmiyya order most of the time and prefer it over other orders, but rather was compelled to do so as a result of the increasing influence of this group and the great status it found among the Sudanese masses. This matter, as we mentioned, was a source of concern for the Turkish administration at times.

The opposition shown by the Khatmiyya towards the Mahdiyya created a kind of organized alliance and a common goal between the two. The Khatmiyya later acted on this alliance to repel the Mahdist attacks on the Khatmiyya spheres of influence in eastern Sudan.

Therefore, we need to clarify the reason that led the Khatmiyya to oppose and confront the Mahdist movement. We can address this matter in several points: 1. There is a significant difference between the intellectual foundations upon which the two movements are based. While the Khatmiyya called for a return to Islam through the spiritual upbringing of disciples and followers in the manner of Sufism, in a peaceful way far removed from organized political action, we find that the Mahdi raised the slogan of returning to Islam by seizing power, building the state, and establishing it through the sword and confronting injustice and the oppression of rulers.