It was taken by a merchant. The termites had already infested it. He painted it with saffron and hid it in his... After two weeks, news arrived of the imminent arrival of the Defterdar. The Sultan Malik Na'im was preparing to flee from the Defterdar, who had killed more than twenty thousand men from the Lak tribe and captured more than that number of boys and women. They were sent to Cairo, and their descendants are still found in the area of "Housh Al-Mamous," and many of the old... The Defterdar, the conqueror, killed many of his men... Malik Na'im fled to Abyssinia and remained there until he died. A rebellion arose from a party against Malik Na'im, known as "Al-Shafaniyya," who killed Malik Na'im's son. The rest of his children sought refuge with the government, which granted them asylum and allowed them to reside in the Soni region near the Atbara River. It is said that the Al-Shafaniyya party's killing of Malik Na'im's son and the forced departure of his children from Abyssinia to reside in government lands was a conspiracy by the rulers of Sudan to rid themselves of their corruption. They used to set fire to the country, plunder, loot, and spread corruption on earth. With their deaths, this corruption was cut off, security was restored, tranquility returned, and disturbances ceased. Muhammad Ali Pasha went to Sudan. Following the massacres perpetrated by the Defterdar's soldiers in Shandi, terror and fear gripped the hearts of the Sudanese. Many of them decided to emigrate and leave the lands that had fallen under Egyptian rule. Therefore, the banished Muhammad Ali Pasha went to Sudan to rectify the situation before it worsened and his efforts were in vain. He traveled by way of the Nile and arrived...