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The situation became chaotic and their affairs were disturbed, with many returning and much distress. All their comfort was with him, protected by a tax, which was a great wonder. And much of what he had with him was not relieved, some returning with to Kairouan and the other to Tunis, in the service of Ali Pasha, your messenger, the noble Dawada, the master, who was not with them for a few days. Then Mawla Muhammad Bey rode to the Hanansha, and it was agreed that he would enter the house of Silkana, with Ammar Mustanjid, who promised him and left. Then Mawla the captive followed to the camp of Bushra, where Ahmad al-Fih, brother of Salman, had promised him. The Nasara were in Bamria, riding with ten thousand riyals and three Abraash, led by him. And on Saturday, the messengers went back and forth between them, as if to prevent a third of it. Bakr returned to Kairouan, entering it. The Arabs, Younis, went to Jerid and settled in Kairouan at the camp of Sebibi, and decided to return with wealth and departed to Al-Khudra. And from there, Ayid Pasha entered Tunis, and Mawla the Emir was stationed in Kairouan, in the place of the coast. He thought he would hold on more with the help of Mawla the Emir, so it was like the foundations of the city for him, such as Sousse, Al-Monti, and Al-Mandiya, and the great agriculture. He took another Rakiya and Jafsa. Then he was saved by Rakkash, a quarter of Pasha Jamal, as if the bounty had flowed. Rakuda and the Zawiya of Sousse and others, so the high places. When Mawla the Emir returned, he consulted and invaded the rest of the army and the well. He continued to Kairouan, facing it, day and night, from morning to evening, until he drank, fasting. He succeeded and returned to Kairouan. Then our master, may God support him, went out and entered the coast to secure his affairs, entering Sousse and sending to all the cities, saying, "You are all my subjects, and the appointed time." And he went out after, his brother Mawla Muhammad Bey, with his army, and the war. And the people of the coast came to our master, making him a prisoner. He clung to his place in Sousse, calling him to him. When he refused, he summoned him to Kairouan, and he and his son Muhammad Bey went out.