And he recalled and mentioned the palace of Baha Ad-Dawna, the era, with permanence and kingship for many years. What passed at that time was known to Nasr, Abu Bakr, not to be encompassed by wealth, not by scholars, nor by a chain of transmission. It burst forth, and the long duration was stretched. He said, "So his joy diminished, and his family became gloomy. Then he passed by singing from behind a curtain, and he was inspired to sing a poem of patience. Look at the state of all the pious, their like is not to be found, and he supported his desire for change, and ordered another matter and sang. She said, 'O Gentle One, answer my state and my distress. For those who are burning from the people of the earth, that he asks me for what I do not have, which has driven the beloveds.' He said, 'The door of the eloquent, so let us represent the state, if you are firm and have been cut. Upon the one who is made of it, and a transmitted favor that is not scattered.' The house, every house, the house of Al-Karz, and the house of Al-Sharba, that Ar-Rashid and Al-Mu'tamid were its pillars. They competed for the gathering of Al-Juz, his seat. And the provision of the way of God is his strength. He sealed the knowledge that it may be strong. And we have reached it, and the East and the West have sold it, and its left hand. With a secret that arrived with the redness of its glances, and a downpour with what filled the eyes. In the nakedness. Indeed, you have spread your filth. And you have returned some of your hidden things. Upon the decree and the victory of Faisal. He pushed them all away with my saying, 'The house and the princess mentioned wealth with wealth.' And when we fulfilled all their needs, and nothing remained but to bid farewell to the travelers. When we arrived, the bird's omen was that we were barren. Some of the time passed until the army of the Commander of the Faithful besieged him and tightened their grip on him due to the actions of their people, fighting fiercely. Al-Mu'tamid showed what we had done, and his days passed. And glory be to Him whose kingdom does not cease nor change. Let us return to the mention of the beginning of the reign of the Almohads in Ifriqiya. And the beginning of their state was in the year four hundred and fifty, and the first to rise was Al-Mahdi, son of Abdullah, son of Muhammad, son of Tuser, Al-Alawi, Al-Hadithi, Al-Masmodi, Al-Tarqi, attributed to the tribe of Targha, from the Masamida, who used to inhabit the mountains of Sus, the land of the Maghreb. They descended when the conquests began in the state of Musa ibn Nusayr. He traveled with his companions to the East to seek knowledge, and it benefited him. He was a learned and virtuous scholar, a memorizer of Hadith, knowledgeable in the principles of religion, and a diligent scholar of Arabic. He was pious and ascetic, and his journey reached Iraq, where he met Al-Ghazali and Al-Kailani, and Abu Bakr Al-Tartushi in Alexandria. It is said that he later debated Hadith with Al-Ghazali in the land of the Maghreb concerning kingship, and Al-Ghazali said, 'This will not work in this country and can only happen as we said.' Thus, some historians in the Maghreb have said, but the correct view is that he did not meet him in a council there. He returned to the Maghreb, and when he embarked on the sea from Alexandria, heading west, the ship changed course, and those on board rejoiced in performing prayer and reciting the Quran until they reached Al-Mahdiyah in the year five hundred and five. And there was a man named Muhammad ibn Yahya, who was lost. So he disembarked at a mosque before the Friday mosque, and he was born with him.