Those they call in the terminology of the soldiers (Mahdist ghulans), and he was not a slave of Zubeir Pasha nor of the Shirah. Greed and the desire for gain led him to join the slave trade. He joined the campaign of Abu Tamur, the merchant, who was an ally of Zubeir Pasha, then of his son. The period of the two Emirs, Jum'a and Ibn Zubeir, did not exceed two weeks. He used to call him Jussi. He called them to obedience and to stay away from the paths of rebellion.

The King's Chapter From the Equatorial Province and the appointment of Amin Pasha in his place. After my return from the journey, which was not... Idris Abter came to me, a traveler named Dr. (Yashkur) asked me to gather for him a hundred men from the locals to carry his luggage during his tour in the Equatorial region. The custom followed at that time was to allow such a thing for any traveler, provided that he pays the wages of each person three piasters of the current currency for each day, and that he pays each person wages for three months in advance, and that he is responsible for the daily food expenses. I presented these conditions to him. He accepted them and claimed to have orders from Gordon to account for all his travel expenses on behalf of the government. I asked him for the order issued by Gordon, but I did not find any of that. Finally, he paid the wages for one month for each porter we gathered for him. And it was agreed to pay the rest upon his return. After three months, he returned from his tour and refused to pay the remaining amount due from him for the porters' wages. After many discussions, he paid half of the wages for the remaining two months. Then he prepared for travel and took a lot of goods. I informed him of the government's monopoly on this type of goods and prohibited their trade, and he took them to the Mahdi.