He was captured and told us, "What brought you here?" We told him, "We are from Mukhtar and we are your people." He said, "You have done well." We stayed with him and slept. And due to his extreme shock, he said, "When did you arrive?" "It has been a few days, O Azal." And after a while, we told him, "Al-Dar gave us a book." He shouted at the top of his voice, "Burn it!" "We will not burn it," we said. "Tear it up," he said to us. "I will enter the city." We begged him to write us a safe-conduct. He did so, and we set off for our homes. We left, and the city was empty of people. The governor and his deputy were killed. The governor went out of the city with a hundred soldiers and attacked them. Those with him killed them and captured them. The governor and his deputy were killed. He boarded a ship and entered the city, and 'Asim bin Al-Makashni went to the house of Muwadd Sa'd Allah, killed him, and looted what was in it. He entered the house of the governor and stood at the door of the treasury. There were about two hundred thousand pounds. He said, "Break the locks." A man from the notables of Minya Governorate, who was exiled there, named Al-Shaykh Musa, stepped forward. He said, "Do not break the locks, but place guards over them." He approved of his suggestion and placed an armed guard with a long spear to protect it. He went to the governor's palace. While he was there, a shot came from an unknown direction, hitting him in the stomach. He fell unconscious. His companions carried him and brought him to our camp. The defeated retreated, and the governor returned. He organized the people on how they defended themselves, by turning the roofs of the houses into barricades. What helped them in their defense was that 'Ami bin Al-Makashi was telling his people, "Do not fight with rifles, for they are the weapons of the infidels." The enemy continued to attack the city and besiege it for eight days until the sergeants, Saleh, arrived.