Another interesting story he tells us is that Menelik II sent the general Maşaşa, his delegate, to Istanbul, ${ }^{23}$ which gave Nadir Agha an opportunity to search for his family. This had long been his greatest desire. In his interview, he states that:  
Sultan Abdülhamid II himself introduced me to the personal delegate of Menelik II at Yıldız Palace, saying: "I will introduce you to your countryman. He will ask you for a favour which I also would like you to accommodate" (Hayat, 1957, p. 6).  
General Maşaşa, having a direct interest in the request, took notes based on Nadir Agha's information on his hometown. After a while, when both the Sultan Abdülhamid and Nadir Agha thought that the general Maşaşa had forgotten them, they received a letter from him written in French, and two long bags and a wooden box. In the letter, it is written that in spite of all their efforts and wishes, they were only able to inform him that his family had moved from southern Ethiopia to Kenya at some point. Together with the letter, they also sent two elephant tusks and gold bullion. After sharing this anecdote, Nadir Agha sadly states that, at that point, he lost all hope of finding his family.