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The Bardisi sent Abu Diyab, son of Adi, both of whom were senior princes in the tribal regions and leaders of the armies. Then the messengers of Muhammad Ali Pasha returned and confirmed to him the death of Al-Ali. He was therefore indescribably pleased and said, "Today the rule of Egypt pleases me, and there is no fear for me." He sent to the senior officers of Al-Ali's army to discuss peace with them and promised them great rewards. They did not accept, except that his request was to grant them privileges and exemptions, and that this covenant should include all the princes residing in the South, who were Ibrahim Bey and Othman Bey Hassan. So Muhammad Ali Pasha went out with his troops and crossed the Nile to the Island, and from the rear of Makki's army, and chose the Egyptian princes for peace and ceased fighting. He summoned the father of the Sheikh, the prince, the son of Sheikh Al-Arusi, Sayyid Muhammad Al-Dawakhli, and their ambassador, the ambassadors, to establish the basis of peace on a fair basis. The people of Al-Ali and his army remained in the land of Al-Jara, living and corrupting, demanding from its people to cease and desist, and they interpreted and explained, and there was no one to respond. Al-Ali was a cunning, ambitious, decisive, and well-governed man, calm in his anger, wise in his planning, patient in his suffering, and brave in wars. He had brought some of the Mamluks to Egypt, and he had a good Janissary known for his madness. He stayed with him, either getting rid of him or adding him, as he was in a state of illness. He asked him to sell him, so he sold him to an emir named Salim, son of Al-Ghazawi, known for his recklessness. He stayed with him for a while, then gifted him to Murad Bey. He gave him a thousand ardebs of grain, which was the price of that Mamluk, who was handsome and well-formed. Murad Bey liked him and made him a Khwandar, then freed him and made him a governor of the East. His reputation spread and people knew him. He was accompanied by the Mamluks, strong in his position. He had a neighbor named Ali, who bought a slave. One day, he visited him and they discussed a matter, and he promised him to fulfill it, then he neglected him. He entered his house one day and reproached him. Al-Ali got angry and ordered his servant to beat him. They beat him severely with sticks and took him to his house. The next day, his family complained to Al-Ali to his master Murad Bey. Murad Bey got angry and went to the picture. He ravaged the forces, and Al-Uluwis, Barnibal, and Rashid, and increased corruption, and imposed taxes and fines on the people of the land. They complained to Murad Bey, so he sent him a message that if he returned to such a thing. It happened during this time that a dispute occurred between the Egyptian princes, so they dismissed Salim Bey Al-Agha, and Ibrahim Bey and Mustafa Bey were exhausted. Murad Bey sent him a message to accompany Suleiman Bey to Alexandria, then return to Cairo. He did so and returned to Cairo. They led him to the throne in the year two hundred and sixty-two AH. From this time on, he was accused of harshness and rudeness, so people feared him and avoided his wrath. He had a spacious house that they frequented, and he bought slaves and concubines, and ordered his Turkish Mamluks and governors to act according to their master's morals and adopt his manners of aggression, oppression, and arrogance, and speaking in a harsh tone. He took them from the lands of Upper Egypt and the regions of Al-Jara, Dushna, and Zubair, and others. When he was appointed governor of the Sharqia, he was ungrateful and arrested their elders and confiscated their money and livestock, and imposed on the sheikhs.