When he returned, four months later, with an army under Kenfu, he seized Abu Rish's women, slaves, and flocks, withdrawing back across the border.

Khurshid, the Pasha at Er Roseires, heard of this from Ahmad Kashif and bribed one of Kenfu's men to betray Rajab, who was taken five months later and brought to Khartoum in the spring of 1836 to be impaled.

Whether he was thoroughly frightened or wished to cover up Ahmad Kashif's shortcomings, Khurshid wrote to Cairo that there was a risk that the Sudan might be lost to Abyssinia.

This gave Muhammad Ali of Egypt some hope of conquering Abyssinia, which caused the preparation[clarification needed] of an adequate force to be dispatched under Ahmad Pasha abu Adhan.

However, the Ottoman forces would not advance past Fazogli due to statements by English Consuls in Alexandria that William IV would not approve of an attack on Christian Ethiopia.