March 14, 1871.

On the same day of Ernst's visit to Sweden, East Africa and Egypt formally signed the Agreement on the Delimitation of the Border between the Kingdom of East Africa and Egypt, which defined the border between the two countries.

Beginning in 1870, the Egyptian Sultan region began to find that the number of East Africans in the interior increased dramatically, and Kasmu had already learned of the extinction of the Buganda Kingdom by East Africa from the mouth of the Grand Prince of Buganda, who had fled to Sudan.

However, around 1868, after the integration of the former Buganda Kingdom, East Africa began to explore the Upper Nile Basin downstream along the Nile.

At this time, East Africa was still a colony, mainly for mapping and counting the rivers of Sudan, but during the Third War of Conquest, East Africa occupied the entire upper basin of the Nile, which was used to connect the territory of the Azande Plateau with the Ethiopian Plateau.

Almost the entire territory of South Sudan in the previous life, the conquest of South Sudan was simpler than East Africa expected, Turkana Province and Beidahu Province can be taken by boat, and it only took ten days for East Africa to open up the entire territory of South Sudan.

Then East Africa officially bordered Egypt, and the sudden arrival of the East African army gave Egypt a surprise by surprise.

Egypt is naturally very nervous about the sudden East Africa, especially the Khartoum region, which is the core area of Sudan, the Jezira Plain south of Khartoum, located between the Blue Nile River and the White Nile River, nearly 250 kilometers long, more than 120 kilometers wide, flat terrain, slightly inclined from southeast to northwest, deep and fertile soil is the most important irrigated agricultural area in Sudan.

If the Gezira Plain were lost, Egyptian rule in Sudan would be completely nullified, and although the other regions were larger, they were as invalid as the deserts on both sides of the Nile in Egypt, and had almost no use value.

Therefore, the Egyptian government urgently sent diplomats to the area controlled by East Africa to prevent the East African Kingdom from going north through negotiations, although Egypt may not lose to East Africa in terms of strength, but in the face of Europeans, Egypt was born short-breathed, and Egypt was in conflict with the Abyssinian Empire in the south, in order to avoid a two-front war, Egypt also had to negotiate with East Africa in a low voice.

In the face of Egypt's request for active negotiations, East Africa naturally had to make a good deal of money, and Ernst spent a whole day studying the map of the border between the two countries, and finally offered a very sincere price.

The negotiation site is in Egypt, located in the southernmost river port city of the Nile - Kusti, which is on the left bank of the White Nile, 260 kilometers from Khartoum, and is a distribution center for cotton, gum arabic, livestock, fish, and grain. It is a hub for water and land transportation, a key port on the White Nile, and a material exchange between Khartoum, Obayyd and Juba.

In charge of signing the contract was Rahman, a high-ranking official in the Khartoum region of Egypt, and the temporary establishment of a minister in Egypt by the Kingdom of East Africa, the first minister in Egypt was named Myers.

Kusti.

Myers: "Mr. Rahman, this is the final resolution of the Kingdom of East Africa on the border between the two countries, and if the Egyptian side still can't accept it, then we can only express our regret." ”

Rahman: "?!!! ”

Rahman felt threatened, but for the sake of Egypt, he resisted the impulse to take the drawings in Miles' hand and look at them.

"Mr. Myers, I would like to make it clear in advance that the Sultanate of Darfur is an independent state, and it is not under the control of our Egyptians." Rahman said to Miles speechlessly.

Even the territory of Egypt has not been clarified, and these East Africans draw lines at will, which is really strange.

Miles: "Ah! I thought Darfur was yours to call the shots! You were talking about the Sultanate of Darfur, right? ”

Rahman: "Yes, Your Excellency Miles, the Sultanate of Darfur has always been an independent state, that is, it has some trade with us, and it is considered a vassal state in our name, but it is too far away from us, so we Egypt cannot do the idea of the Sultanate of Darfur. ”

Miles nodded and said, "I see, what about the Kordofan region?" ”

Rahman: "The kingdom of Kordofan is actually a country founded by the Fur people, if Your Excellency is interested in Kordofan, we can cooperate, the south belongs to you, but the north belongs to Egypt." ”

Unlike the highly independent Sultanate of Darfur, the Kingdom of Kordofan is really the Sultan's younger brother, in fact, when the Sudan was still an independent state, the Sultan tried against Kordofan, and the Sultanate at that time fought against the Abyssinian Empire and the Kingdom of Kordofan all year round.

Miles: "You mean this kingdom of Kordofan is your vassal?" ”

Rahman: "Theoretically, yes, but the Fur people of Kordofan have a strong resistance to us, so we only occupy part of the territory of the kingdom of Kordofan. ”

In particular, Rahman wanted to throw at the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan in East Africa, where the Nuba people who lived there had resisted the Sudan the most.

Miles did not know this, he had always thought that the northern part of the Kingdom of East Africa was all the territory of the Sultan, and it seemed that he had been delayed by the information provided by the Kingdom, and Ernst was inextricably responsible for this matter.

Miles said: "In this case, these two countries are vassals of your Egypt anyway, so you still have some rights, you unilaterally betrayed them to us, and we will settle the rest of the matter in East Africa." ”

Rahman: "Is it as it is on the map?" ”

Miles: "That's right. ”

Rahman: "Okay, but we can only hand over the suzerainty of the two regions to you in the name of Egypt, and you will have to settle it with them yourself." ”

For the life or death of the Sultanate of Darfur and the Kingdom of Kordofan, Rahman does not care, is he generous to others! But then Rahman had to wrestle with the kingdom of East Africa.

Rahman: "Your Excellency, we don't care about these two countries, but you have gone too far by adding the southern part of the Gezira Plain to your territory! This is our territory in Egypt since ancient times. ”

Myers: "But when our East African army went north, there were no inhabitants here, and there was no obstruction from your army, and there were no signs that this was Egyptian territory. ”

Rahman: "The southern part of the Gezira Plain has always been Egyptian territory by all parties, and although we do not have troops stationed there, even the Abyssinian Empire does not dare to swear sovereignty over this place at will. ”

Miles: "I see, but we don't know about East Africa when we first come to East Africa, and it's not our responsibility, and if you Egyptians count the street signs there, there won't be this misunderstanding." ”

There is no misunderstanding, the Kingdom of East Africa is trying to force Egypt to make concessions in other regions by occupying the southern part of the Jezera Plain.

The Jezira Plain was to Sudan what the land along the Nile was to Egypt.

Rahman: "In that case, now that the misunderstanding between our two sides has been resolved, can your country withdraw from the southern part of the Gezira Plain?" ”

Myers: "Absolutely, but in order to keep the Nile channel safe, we have to keep some of the land in the west. ”

Rahman: "This ......"

Myers: "We don't ask for much, mainly along the White Nile, and we're not greedy for the Blue Nile. ”

Miles then took out his pen and drew a north-south line in the southern part of the original Gezira Plains in front of Rahman.

Miles: "Most of the eastern part is still yours, and we only need this small part of the western part. ”

Seeing that Miles only needed a small area, Rahman finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, that's reasonable. ”

Miles: "Then sign it!" In the future, there will be no conflict of interest between the parties. ”

Rahman signed his name to the agreement, unbeknownst to him, that it had also completely declared that Sudan's oil resources were almost the end of Egypt's.

Almost 99 percent of the oil fields were included in the East African kingdom, which really left only a drop of soup for Egypt in the future.

According to the agreement, it is bounded by the Nuba Mountains south of the Sudanese city of Ubaid (Obaiid). The area to the south, including the Nuba Mountains, belongs to East Africa and to Egypt to the north.

According to the agreement, the southern part of the Kordofan Plateau, as well as the southern part of the Darfur Plateau and part of the southwestern part of the Gezira Plain, are included in the Kingdom of East Africa.

That is, in the previous life, the three regions of South Kordofan, Eastern Darfur, and Southern Darfur in North Sudan were all included in East Africa, and the southwestern part of Blue Nile State was included in East Africa.

With the exception of the southwestern part of the Gezira Plain, which truly belonged to Egypt, the remaining lands were in the hands of the Sultanate of Darfur and the Kingdom of Kordofan, respectively, and East Africa had to conquer these two countries.

But leaving Egypt, the strongest country in the region, out of the way in advance, and without Egyptian intervention, it is not difficult for East Africa to knock the Sultanate of Darfur and the Kingdom of Kordofan.

(End of chapter)