On the advice of Abd al-Haqq ibn Ibrahim, "the place is not fortified, and it is better to head to a more fortified and secure place." He no longer contented himself in this stage with the usual practice of enjoining good and forbidding evil, and establishing mosques. Rather, a new element was added to him, matured in himself by those events that had occurred with the rulers in Marrakesh. The idea of revolution and change took root in him, and he began to appear as a leader who calls the tribes to revolt against the Sultan and join him, which we infer from phrases mentioned by al-Baydaq, such as his saying: "He admonished them, and they responded to him," and his saying: "And he sent towards Bimod, and they refused." And when he gained more strong men like Abu Hafs Umar, and his followers began to increase, he started to provoke the opposing tribes. He would send his followers to fight them, such as what happened to the Banu Mahmud, whom he ordered the Banu Wajjas to fight until they obeyed him. And when his strength began to become apparent, with the large number of followers who joined his call, Ibn Yusuf realized this. He sent for him, but he had become secure among his people, as he finally ended up with his tribe, Hargha. He settled in his home in Jabal Iglī, and this was in the year... See: al-Salawi, al-Istiqsa: (180) See details in al-Baydaq, Akhbar al-Mahdi: (181) Same source and page. (182) See: Ibn Khaldun, al-'Ibar: (183) al-Zarkashi, Tarikh al-Dawlatayn: 468 al-Baydaq, Akhbar al-Mahdi: (184) See: Ibn Khaldun, al-'Ibar: (185) al-Zarkashi, Tarikh al-Dawlatayn: 387 And Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil: 63, which is what al-Baydaq mentioned in Akhbar al-Mahdi: (186) Others mentioned that this was in the year 296, such as Ibn al-Qattan, Nuzm al-Juman: And Ibn Khaldun, al-'Ibar: 2 469 However, we rely on what al-Baydaq mentioned because he is more explicit in mentioning the arrival. He was an eyewitness. 103