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His movements, which we will mention, do not contradict the technical date. It is also possible that Al-Sadiq Al-Mu'ayyad mentioned this date when he said in his journey, "In the year 1051 AH, he left Fez for Algeria." It is most likely that this was mentioned by the Sayyid Al-Mahdi himself, one of the senior disciples of the Sanusiya, who were more knowledgeable about the history of their Imam. Therefore, we resort to verifying this year. We decided to return to the events that took place in Fez around that year. It became clear to us from the account of the author of Al-Istiqsa that many seditions erupted in Fez. The first of them was shortly before the mentioned year, when the people of Fez rose up against their governor, Al-Saffar. Then, "the youth of the sedition returned to their fervor" in the mentioned year, until chaos engulfed the city and the people of influence and decision had to take control of it. Then another sedition occurred "due to a dispute between the judge and the mufti, whose matter was raised to Sultan Sulayman, who then dismissed the mufti from issuing fatwas." A group of scholars and students of knowledge became angry for the mufti and formed a faction against the judge, and they wrote a document containing their testimony, its justification and its proof! Then the fire of sedition flared up until it ended with the people of Fez rising up against Sultan Sulayman, and they decided to pledge allegiance to Moulay Ibrahim bin Yazid, who was the Sultan's son-in-law through his daughter. They initially refused, threatening him, saying, "If the matter leaves our hands, we will pledge allegiance to a man from the family of Moulay Idris, may God be pleased with him." He feared and answered. We find in those reports that among the scholars who attended the allegiance was Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Durqawi, who was one of the teachers and sheikhs of Ibn Al-Sanusi. We ask: Did Ibn Al-Sanusi participate and play a role in these events? In the history of Sayyid Ahmad Al-Sharif, may God have mercy on him, I found that the grandfather and Tripoli were in the year 1051 AH. Where are the years between the last two caliphs? He replied: "The Imam left the city of Fez in the year 1051 AH, heading for Algeria, and remained there until the year 1054 AH, so they spent three years in a state of peace and tranquility, and most of the time was spent in peace." 1. Al-Sadiq Al-Mu'ayyad, p. 2. Al-Nasiri, Al-Istiqsa, vol. 8. 3. Al-Nasiri, Al-Istiqsa, vol. 8.

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