Among the leaders and subordinates of the Anad and Manala, the people were told to pay him tribute. The bribe was from each person, five hundred riyals and upwards, each according to his wealth and what he possessed of money. Hamad bin Ali, the rich, gave from gold and silver. And the two brothers, Yaqoub, had the largest share of this bounty. After Hamad bin Ali finished, he took the army and set out with thousands of men. He set up his camp at Dubayra, and the people stayed there in a state of severe hardship because the land of Dubayra was not inhabited by anyone except travelers who had passed through, and the land had been empty of them for years. It was also the case that life was difficult, and they suffered from hunger and thirst. He took possession of the property of those who were with him from the leaders and seized their wealth until his house was filled with various concubines, to the extent that it was said that he had more than a hundred concubines and four hundred slaves whose ages did not exceed fifteen years. The suffering of those who were with him intensified. The leaders became impatient and began to file complaints together to the Mahdi, reporting Hamad's mistreatment and informing him that his rule was of no importance and that the Italians were not advancing beyond Khartoum. In Qadarif, Anjad bin Fudail Al-Battari, son of Ali Al-Ta'adi, was appointed after him. He wrote to him ordering him to depart from Qadarif to the camp at Dubayra. In response to the complaints of the princes against Hamad bin Ali, he went to the camp at Dubayra and presented him with