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The incident of the mountain region. And God Almighty willed the extinction of the Turkish state and the establishment of the Ghulbiya state. Qaid Muhammad al-Jass and the Turks imposed themselves on each other until they were defeated and their affairs weakened, some of them by the will of God Almighty, to break the allegiance of Ibrahim, the gathering of the elders of the city, the coast, and al-Manshifiya, and their consultation on this in Bashshar, and their pledge to break his allegiance fifteen days before Ramadan, and before the fourteenth of Ramadan of the mentioned year. He besieged the city for ten days, then the people of the city agreed with Muhammad Bay, the aforementioned, and broke their allegiance on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, on Sunday night, and they pledged allegiance to Iskandar Bey and appointed Ismail Khoja in his place, who was the muezzin at the Al-Kharouba mosque. He sat for governance and provision of sustenance for the soldiers on the day of Eid. The people of the city took him by the opinion of Muhammad Bay, and no two people from the city disagreed on the allegiance of Muhammad. He was present and respected. In the beginning, he worked on eliminating the tyrants of the Turks and killing them until he annihilated all of them except a few. Marum Bakr, whose term was extended, and their rule was abolished. The Ghulbiya state took over, and they appointed Ismail, the aforementioned, to his position. This was on the night of the departure of Dhu al-Qadah of the mentioned year, and he appointed another man in his place, Ghallab al-Hajj Rajab. In his days, Muhammad al-Hiltana came with injustice, and they expelled him, and he returned to Ghayran. When he pacified the country and entered the fort, Mahmoud, nicknamed Abu Muwiyydar, who was a scribe in the diwan, was pleased with him. His blackness was a cause of suspicion, and he was killed. He took his place. His killing was on Saturday, the twenty-third of the year one thousand two hundred and twenty-three. The people pledged allegiance to him, and he began to oppress the people out of resentment for the announcement of the establishment of five hundred and twenty days. And our master Ahmad bin Yusuf was sent with the Huryan army to Baghdad, to a region that was expanded by the allegiance of the Nadhahiya and the Salahiya to King Dund Bar. The people of the city pursued their Salahiya. He returned from his journey before reaching it, due to his deception and flattery of the city. The people of the city, from the coast and al-Manshifiya, pledged allegiance to him, and no one disagreed with our allegiance, due to the time and kindness that was bestowed upon him. It was the allegiance of the third of the month of Jumada al-Thani, year one thousand two hundred and twenty-three. And before the third, the eleventh of the mentioned month. When Mahmoud felt this, he was removed from his position on that day. The war broke out on Wednesday night. The Sharbiya were attacked from inside the city, and he was captured. He entered the fort on Thursday morning, the third or the fifth of the mentioned month. He thought he would be busy with the matter, and the gates of the city were opened, and the aforementioned Sharabiya were arrested. This happened in the afternoon of that day. And the Commander of the Faithful entered the fort on that day. When some days passed, he began to curse, and Muhammad Bay's horses became fierce and rebellious in the fort. This was on the ninth of the mentioned month. On that day of the mentioned month, Khalil Pasha arrived with ships.