Dudu.

Then Taha sent to him while he was in prison, saying that when the chief of the messengers informed him, he did not pay attention to his imprisonment, but rather said that he would improve his Islam by facing him. He explained to him the matter of the pledge to Salih Shenouda and told him that if you repent and turn away from your sin, news from the unseen must reach me about that, and I must receive a message from the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, or from the Mahdi, who gave me the choice regarding your matter, and I am in the worst torment.

And he returned to his news until the year 1307 AH. The fall of Bahr al-Ghazal was at the end of the second Jumada.

And here is a copy of the book of Al-Mahdi, written by Al-Bak, taken from the book of publications.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Praise be to God, the generous patron, and blessings be upon our master Muhammad and his family, with peace. And thereafter, from the servant who is in need of God, Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Abdullah bin Abdullah, may God protect him from evil and make him among the people of guidance. He informed us, the brother Al-Madqufi, Al-Mahdi, who came with your message from Kordofan, that he showed you that he was not a follower of the Mahdi for your purpose, but rather he is a supporter of the ruler of the land. He said that the armies that were surrendered, all of them, and the horizons that appeared with them, and you are still on your path of disbelief and the tyranny of the Turks. We have overlooked that.

We hope that you will meet us with sincerity and your submission to us through discussion, and if you meet us, we will remind you that our matter is not hidden, and God, when He wills a matter, makes it happen.

He does not need any defense or armies of the English, nor anything else, nor steamers, nor all the soldiers, because He is not defeated by anyone. All of that is for you to be with us with your Lord's pleasure and to have a great reward with God. And the happiness of the servant is to be given.

And he intended by that to ascertain your ignorance. So he informed him that the submission that occurred from you...