Relieved of the fear of an immediate attack by the mandists the Egyptian officials at Khartum intrigued against Hicks, who in July tendered his resignation.
But while smarting under them he tendered his resignation in 1821, though he did not leave India till the first day of 1823.
In January 1872 he formally tendered his resignation; and though it was refused, almost all parties disliked him, while his chief supporters - men like Remusat, Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire and Jules Simon - were men rather of the past than of the present.
Hisham and Ibrahim tendered their submission and were pardoned.
They believed his professions, tendered their submission, and were cruelly butchered.