He was met with great terror by Al-Jarada and his followers. Ajd bin Sulhan, the keeper of the treasury, took the reins of the animal and turned the Mahdi towards Al-Jarada. The Mahdi was overcome by the shock of what had befallen him. He was brought to his senses by Al-Khalifa Sharif, whom he had nicknamed Al-Khalifa Al-Karrar. Ajd bin Sulhan asked the Mahdi, "Where are we going?" The Mahdi replied, "To Al-Jarada to gather another army." He then struck him and held the reins of the animal, saying to the Mahdi, "We will go, my master." He kept repeating this and saying, "We will go." Those around him said he was in a state of shock, unable to comprehend anything. When Al-Khalifa Sharif arrived, the Mahdi, as if waking from a deep sleep, realized that if he returned to Al-Jarada defeated, the mountain dwellers and the people of Al-Jarada themselves would take advantage of his weakness and destroy him and his call. He resolved to storm the fort to fight or die. The defeated retreated before him, and he advanced before them under heavy fire until they approached the fort. He dismounted his animal, faced the Qibla, and prayed two rak'ahs. As soon as he finished praying, he saw his supporters storming the fort and entering it. They killed Abu Hidayah and Daman, his close companions, and killed Qandil Yusuf Pasha, who had intended to flee with his men from the east. But he was prevented from doing so. The Mahdi then entered the fort and brought the heads of Yusuf Pasha and the prominent commanders. The fort was surrounded, and he stayed for three days, collecting the spoils. Then he returned to his camp with a large amount of booty, and about a hundred soldiers followed him. They informed him of what they had witnessed. From the above, we have concluded that the commander's ignorance of the battle was the strong reason for the destruction of the army.