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His successor, Muhammad Ali Pasha, sent a group of soldiers to fight him. As for him, he did not settle in Teben before his army plundered Teben, Helwan, Torah, Al-Ma'asara, and the gardens. They snatched women, looted granaries, and took what was in them, and did other acts of severity. When he sensed the arrival of the army, he departed for Sol and Al-Barthil. Ibrahim Bey Al-Kabir and his armies also encamped at Bani Suwaif and sent word to Muhammad Ali Pasha of his arrival. Muhammad Ali Pasha paid no attention to this and was not concerned. He ordered the repair of the castles and fortresses that belonged to the French during their stay in Egypt, and he was very strict about this, and he assigned some of the army commanders to the work. Many of the Ottoman soldiers and some Turkish mercenaries arrived from the Levant. Muhammad Ali Pasha equipped them with weapons and combat gear and called upon those in Egypt and Cairo from the armies and soldiers to march to Anshaba. He himself marched out, and the army factions gathered around him. When it was Thursday, the tenth of Jumada al-Akhirah of the year, that is, the year two hundred and twenty-two and one thousand (1222 AH), he ordered the march. They set out with great pomp and circumstance towards the Beheira region. Muhammad Ali Pasha lay in wait with a group of his companions near the city of Alexandria and sent ambassadors to the leader of the English to negotiate peace. The ambassadors shuttled between the two parties for days. Then, a group of English men arrived at Muhammad Ali Pasha's camp and met with him privately until noon. When it was Friday, the first of Rajab al-Fard of the year, the terms of peace were agreed upon between them on principles that no historian has mentioned. Then, the English prisoners who were in Egypt were brought to Alexandria and returned to their camp. The English admiral, with a group of his commanders, came to visit Muhammad Ali Pasha in his camp. Muhammad Ali Pasha honored his guest, fired several cannons in welcome, and presented them with horses, valuable gifts, Indian fabrics, and Kashmiri shawls. Then he rode with them with a small retinue and they went to the house of the English commander-in-chief, where Muhammad Ali Pasha was honored and presented with gifts and the finest crafts. Then they completed the signing of the peace treaty, handed over the city, released the prisoners of Rashid who were held by them, and withdrew from the towers and fortresses to the sea vessels. Muhammad Ali Pasha remained in Alexandria, which had come under his rule after being in the possession and control of the Ottoman admiral from the time of Sultan Selim until then, along with the other coastal cities. He remained there until he arrived in Cairo on Monday, the third of Sha'ban of the year, that is, the year two hundred and twenty-two and one thousand (1222 AH). The scholars and princes went out to meet him. Cannons were fired from the Citadel of Saladin and all the fortresses in his honor. The city was decorated for three nights. Hassan Pasha Taher, Suleiman Agha, and many soldiers and troops returned with him. As soon as he settled in, he began to look into the affairs of the country and worked to remove the estrangement between him and the remaining Egyptian princes. He sent to them those who would win them over and persuade them to abandon fighting and join Muhammad Ali's retinue. Some of them were inclined towards reconciliation, while others remained aloof. Conspiracies and seditions continued to exist among the soldiers and their influential leaders. When it was

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