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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A great need arose for the Sultan. In the ruins of Zarti, he was relieved by one who needed him. They had to pay a certain amount of money annually to the treasury. And this would be a praiseworthy tradition. So he took the agreement. Each of the two parties was given the choice to fulfill this. And they agreed to do so, and he wrote to them about it. To all the chief scribes, to Al-Abbas Ahmad Al-Husum, at a time when he was summoned for this. It is not to be cut off, the matter is decided from one side, and the other side is bound. The sixty men were from our master, so that he would have the choice, while paying. And the number of visitors was not mentioned in the letter, nor the number of men with whom they began this negotiation, as is the custom. Rather, when the deadline arrived, our master mentioned that they had increased the number of visitors beyond what was agreed upon. And he lifted from them the spying and the uncovering of the secrets of the Muslims, preventing them from doing so. And the deadline had passed for them. And I have been concerned about this matter. And he said that he would be prevented by the aforementioned letter, which included no choice from both sides. They replied, "You know that the agreement mentioned above was for the remaining two choices, and it was not opened, and it did not lead to a clear outcome. And you will never find a lack of action. And they were restrained in the matter of the negotiation. And the third reason. As for Ahmad, he was a chief named Sulaiman, the chief of Abi Bi. He went out in his boat to raid. A boat belonging to the Dabar, the chief of Bashand, was attacked. He was seeking friendship as usual. However, he was suspicious of the request and seized a box of wine from him. And when he was presented with this insult, he was beaten severely. And the collection he had was the reason for the arrow to be collected by the chief of Tervis and the commander of the ships. However, they concealed it with the utmost secrecy and did not reveal anything. Of their actions.