Upon entering the country and requesting permission to enter, the soldiers on guard duty were assembled to escort him. He was granted permission to enter the house of Ramadan, and when they entered, the castle was filled with soldiers, and the people were in a state of panic. When the allegiance was recognized, the municipality was organized, and every month a tax was levied on the treasury. A deputy was appointed to collect taxes on imports and exports. The amount collected was considerable, amounting to five hundred riyals annually. Each person was assessed a certain amount of dates and olives, and a small amount of oil was given to them annually. The tax on each palm tree was one egg, and the collection of this tax was at the end of the year. Uthman al-Masaf was sent to the sea with soldiers and a physician named Day, who was paid in cash. He was used by the ruler to collect the tithe and what was imposed on the trees. The income from the Arabs and their subjugation was considerable, and trade flourished. Muhammad, mentioned above, wanted to sell Maryam, the daughter of Muza', whose husband had died. He brought her medicine, and she took it. Muhammad left her. Shortly thereafter, she died. When Maryam finished her mourning period, she was married to Fil, the son of Mu'tasim. This is according to the majority of narrators. Fil was one of the commanders. He ordered her to be brought into the castle, and a house was prepared for her. She was given what she had, and when she was settled, she was ordered to be killed. Ahmad ibn Rafi' took possession of what she had. He devised a plan to fight the Arabs and ordered the organization of an army. He ordered the army to be mounted on camels, and Uthman al-Masaf was appointed to lead them. When he showed courage and bravery, he began to raid their villages and take them captive. He would take them captive and then grant them amnesty, thus weakening them until their power was broken. He imposed a tax on those he weakened and took from them. This continued with Muhammad until the year fifty-nine, in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah, on a Friday night, two nights before the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah. In the year sixty, the first of the two years, he performed Hajj. His reign was in Rabi' and in the year forty-two, according to the majority of narrators. He was given a physician named Abu, a Frankish physician, who was with the prince. When he took the medicine, his pain intensified, and he cried out for his father, Ramadan, until he arrived. He held his hands and said nothing but a word of advice to his son. He died. The meaning of some of the words in Turkish is "my son." When he died, Ramadan locked the door and did not allow any of the attending servants to leave except for Muhammad Arnaut, who was his camel driver. He told them not to inform anyone outside. When he left, he asked Mahmud to bring the Bashir and to spread it on the ground. This is what Mahmud al-Rabi told me.