Even the White Nile and Blue Nile regions were areas of influence for Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani. He considered Sayyid Ali, the great leader of the Tariqa, to be in fact that cooperation between the government and the religious orders was not limited to the Khatmiyya alone, especially after the new administration consolidated its powers and strongly suppressed those who rebelled and led small revolts against the colonizers. The religious leaders supported the English rulers in many situations. They condemned Turkey's stance towards Britain and its entry into a military alliance with Germany. The religious leaders considered this stance to be support for Britain's actions, and this support led them to sign oaths of allegiance before Sir Wingate (14). After the end of World War I in 1918 with the victory of the Allies and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the winter of 1919, some Sudanese leaders went to visit London to congratulate the King on his victory in the war. At the head of the delegation was Sayyid Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, son of Sayyid Ali, and in his membership was Sayyid Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi. He presented a sword to the King, his father, as an expression of his loyalty. The King's response was: "I accept this sword and acknowledge the sincere loyalty that led you to present this gift. As a sign of your loyalty to me, I receive it and return it to you and your descendants" (20). Sayyid Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, Ali al-Mirghani, and Yusuf al-Hindi then issued the newspaper Al-Hadara (Hussein Sharif, nephew of Sayyid Abd al-Rahman, was its editor-in-chief) (1). However, it later came under the financial and literary control of the government. Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani, leader of the Khatmiyya Tariqa, rendered great services to the government. One of the prominent services he played was his contact with Sultan Ali Dinar, advising him not to rebel against the Governor-General and explaining to him that the government harbored no ill will towards him. He called on him to withdraw his army, which was threatening the western borders. His efforts were successful. All this was done at the instigation of intelligence. Sayyid Ali also played a similar role when he contacted Sharif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, at the behest of intelligence, and reconciled him with the Idrisis (11). When the Egyptian revolution of 1919 came, Sayyid Ali and all the Sudanese leaders opposed its current.

Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Gali (Dr.): Previous source, p. (7) Osman Sayed Ahmed Ismail (Dr.): Al-Khatmiyya and Al-Ansar (Khartoum: Sudanese Distribution Company) Printed at Al-Tadamun Press (Date of printing not specified) Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi: Jihad in the path of independence, supervised by Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi. Printed at the Government Press (no date). (32) Bashir Mohamed Saeed: Secrets and Mysteries in Sudanese Politics (Khartoum: Dar Al-Khartoum University Press, 1992) p. 299. (2) First edition (1991-1992) Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi: Previous source, p. (28) Mohamed Abusaleem: Previous source, p. (18)