For this, he has a great reward. Then yesterday I received this reward before he was killed, and the Moghairin returned from the Abbadah. He killed some of them and killed some of his enemies. So the Khalifa, may God have mercy on him, ordered the killing of Sayyid al-Hajj Sa'd, with a salary of fifty pounds per month. This incident had a bad effect on al-Ta'ayshi, as it occurred to him that the government intended to... and the people attributed this to him, saying that he wanted to... He prayed the afternoon prayer with the people, six rak'ahs. He prostrated twice, and the people knew his distress, as it was his habit to make a mistake in prayer if he was surprised by news that frightened him. Then his composure returned. He stayed for days until he learned of the raid of Sayyid al-Hajj Sa'd.

Al-Hajj Sa'd was from the Ma'ali tribe. He was of low status, obscure, and of base character. When the Mahdist call entered Berber, Muhammad al-Khair raised his status until he made him emir over the inhabitants of the region south of Atbara. Then he became one of the most prominent with Muhammad al-Khair, the emir of Berber. He was mentioned by the Mahdi, as Muhammad al-Khair sought from al-Ta'ayshi to... with the intention of succeeding him as emir of Berber. He also... and his affairs. He exaggerated in his accusations against al-Khair, so al-Ta'ayshi dismissed him and appointed... his relative, al-Baqar, in his place. Then... he was joined by several... who were under his command, and they reached... and joined... in the early part of the year. Al-Najwi, a rare occurrence in Berber, and... Al-Najwi in his heart, so he counted those with him from the... and they were only fifty. Then al-Najwi... to al-Ta'ayshi, giving him a choice.