"This is the agreement between me and Monsignor Sogaro, and I have made it of my own free will and accord, and have been in no way forced to do so by any one. Monsignor Sogaro and myself signed this agreement, and Wingate Bey, Assistant Adjutant-General, Intelligence, stands as a witness. This agreement will be kept in the War Office until I return from Omdurman with the three persons above-named, and I shall be dealt with in accordance with its contents.[U]
"Signed, Ahmed Hassan el Abbadi,
"of Sayala, Frontier Mudirieh.
"Léon Henriot (for Monsignor Sogaro).
"Cairo, 9th July, 1891."
Below is written in English:—
"This is a private agreement between Monsignor Sogaro and Ahmed Hassan el Abbadi, who leaves Cairo for Omdurman on Friday, the 20th July, 1891, and will attempt to bring Father Ohrwalder to Egypt.
"Witnessed by me, F. R. Wingate,
"Kaimakam,