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The Amir Fittāl, with a division, and a great slaughter of his soldiers, marched his troops in one direction and returned to the rear. When they entered Raqada, it was opened, and the fortunate city was adorned with something that no one before me had spent from the spoils of the Algerians, and they returned with shame and loss. They reached the land of Janah, and it was frozen. They wrote from it, "The wealth and the spoils of victory, and the fame of conquest, are rushing to the defense, which is strengthened by the strong hand on the road to Baqja." And as the horses were sold, a strong cavalry was sent against them, their horses were exhausted, and their water skins were torn. They reached the well of Mirand, and in the month of Rabi', they took a large number of spoils, and they left behind many of their belongings, and even left behind many of their slaughtered camels. The merciful one, unable to carry them, or left a group of camels, and they camped for the night at Busairi, and left before the end of the night. They left behind thirteen tents, and fled. They quickly destroyed Umm Rak, the dog, and attacked the Arabs, taking them and setting them up in their rear. And they took a hundred camels, which were in their prime, and eighty horses, and weapons, and other things. And the opinion of the man became great, until they had taken in seven days what they had taken in thirty-seven days. And they returned to Majdam. When the expedition arrived, the Amir Al-Hafah, Duke of Anf, sent the commander Muhammad Khoja Al-Saghir Al-Baladi to guide him. And it was expected that the expedition would be as it was at the beginning of the Turks' conquest, with the Sultan's dominance over the provinces. And the commanders wrote to the two emirs of the army to accompany him in his endeavors and his campaigns. And delegations arrived from the countries for reconciliation. And seven thousand of Baqja arrived. When they entered the palace, the Sultan gathered them, and wept over them as they entered. And the Algerians, with their cunning, attacked them with a strong hand, and ordered them to be whipped, and the faithful one heard the lamentation of the faithful in the land.

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