The airport road. Sayyid Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi was ascending the roof of Sayyid al-Siddiq's house in the direction of al-'Asarat, and he was being shaded by a parasol. He was gesturing to the Ansar as if to say, "Naguib fled to the other side." Indeed, the Ansar understood Sayyid Abd al-Rahman's signal and turned towards the Governor-General's palace. Sayyid Muhammad Amin Hussein recounts these events and the position of the Khatmiyya: "As for Sayyid Ali's position, as soon as he learned that there was a movement of the Ansar, he sent his deputies to tour the Khatmiyya and order them not to come out to welcome Naguib."

These events were a conspiracy orchestrated by the British, in which the Governor-General participated in its execution. The Ansar, who had been defeated in the elections, assisted them. The goal was to strike any direction in Sudan towards union with Egypt.

Differences began to appear within the National Party as a result of the Khatmiyya's bloc and their attempt to distance elements they did not trust in their loyalty to the Khatmiyya. The disagreement escalated until it ultimately led to the Khatmiyya's split and the establishment of their own party, the Democratic People's Party. The splits within the National Party led to what became known as the meeting of the two Sayyids, which resulted in the fall of al-Azhari's government and the establishment of a new national government composed of the Khatmiyya and the Ansar, headed by Abdullah Khalil. Muhammad Ahmad Mahjoub believes that the alliance between al-Mahdi and al-Mirghani was the greatest disaster to befall the history of Sudanese politics. In this alliance, two enemies, driven by greed and a lust for power and personal interests, sought to control the political arena.

The meeting took place at the end of November 1950 at al-Mirghani's house and lasted for fifty minutes. It was the first time they had met since October 1949 when al-Mahdi decided to travel to Britain. The arrangements for the meeting of the two Sayyids were made on November 28th to resist the Sidqi Protocol, when Sayyid Abdullah al-Fadl al-Mahdi met with Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani in response to an invitation from him. He suggested that the meeting take place immediately with a visit by al-Mirghani to al-Mahdi at his home. When this suggestion was conveyed to al-Mahdi, he thanked al-Mirghani for it and preferred that the meeting take place at his host's house in Khartoum North. Al-Mirghani received his guest well and returned the visit to al-Mahdi at his home in Khartoum two days after the first meeting.