When the Ta'aishi seized what they had of weapons and provisions, he became capable of confronting those Emirs who had stolen from him quantities of gold and silver. He summoned the notables of Sennar, from whom he had taken wealth, and spoke to them. After he had finished speaking to them, they informed him of the extent of the wealth and the Emirs who had seized it. They informed him that the Emir Abd al-Karim, the Commander-in-Chief, had seized about five qintars of gold, and the other Emirs had seized large quantities of copper.

The one who preceded the Emirs was Abd al-Karim. The Ta'aishi knew his name and had him arrested. He was the Nazir of the Shuna and took from him two ratls of gold. He was also arrested and found in Omdurman, where he was hiding in his village (al-Muballadhun). He went to a place far from Omdurman, a journey of two days. He sent one hundred men to arrest him. One of his relatives quickly fled Omdurman and rode his mount towards the Ethiopian border, forging the Ta'aishi's seal on a document in which he ordered the arrest of Sheikh Mudawi. He then went to the land of Abyssinia.

This man, Mudawi, took his camels and traveled to the Ethiopian border, arriving safely without any harm. He met Sheikh Jamil al-Marani in his village.

Let us return to the Emirs who were arrested by the Ta'aishi. We say that he imprisoned them for several months, during which he did not find anything of what they had stolen, and they insisted on denying it. He ordered the confiscation of what appeared of their property, such as houses, slaves, animals, and movable goods. Then he released some of them, and some of them were flogged and others were released.