To accompany him on this journey one of his students was ordained and sent with him, not publicly as a priest, but as his Diplomatic Courier and assistant Chancellor at the Embassy.
وقد أُمِر وأُرسل معه أحد تلامذته لمرافقته في هذه الرحلة ليس علانية ككاهن بل كرسوله الدبلوماسي ومساعده المستشار في السفارة.