The Egyptian did not succeed, and Prince Ibrahim arrived with his cavalry and marched to Homs on the seventh of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year forty-eight and two hundred. Its governor, Muhammad Pasha, met him with his army, and the two sides fought a fierce battle. Some writers said that this battle was a trick by Muhammad Pasha, who intended to hand over Homs to Prince Ibrahim. He had secured himself and made an agreement with Prince Ibrahim for money that would reach no one's knowledge. It was not but an hour or so before Muhammad Pasha surrendered. Prince Ibrahim took possession of Homs and arranged its affairs as he wished, leaving a contingent of his army there and sending an army to Aleppo, which surrendered to him without a fight. Whenever he approached a city or village, it surrendered to him without a fight. He would take provisions and pack animals from it and move on to another. When the news of what had happened reached the Sublime Porte, the Sultan was almost bursting with rage. He equipped Hussein Pasha with the army of the state in a great army and ordered him to go to battle, appointing him over Egypt, Crete, and Abyssinia. So it is, and I do not know what the governorship of Abyssinia is, as Abyssinia is a well-established state in itself for centuries and generations. He handed him the imperial decree of governorship with his own hand, translated as: From the Sultan of the Exalted Ottoman State, and the benefactor of the great imperial kingdom, to the pride of the most magnificent princes and the example of the most esteemed dignitaries of our glorious state, Hussein Pasha. May God grant him what He wills, and bestow upon him the cloak of success and security, and shower him with abundant justice and benevolence, and clothe him with the garment of generosity, and let him drink from the springs of safety. The banner of the bearer of good tidings and the commander of the Anatolian army, sent to him from the source of its renowned generosity, the governorship of the Egyptian lands, Abyssinia, the island of Crete, and what is attached thereto. Now, it is not hidden from those who care about the news of our Exalted State and the condition of our Ottoman imperial kingdom that Muhammad Ali Pasha, formerly the governor of the Egyptian lands, after being an individual from among the subjects, with no known lineage or ancestry, has ascended to the heights of glory. He continued until he took charge of the government of the Egyptian lands from our Sublime Porte. We looked upon him with the generosity of our nature and treated him with the utmost kindness, affection, and humility. We thought that he would stop at gratitude, not disobeying our word, and not letting ingratitude overcome his nature, and that he would repay our favor with sincerity and loyalty. But due to the baseness of his origin and the meanness of his soul, he followed his desires. Arrogance and pride entered him, he denied the favor, broke the bond of our obedience, and openly declared his enmity to our government. He did not stop at stirring up sedition, spreading chaos and animosity, and planting devilish intrigues among the officials and governors of our imperial provinces, until he attracted many of those whom we relied upon and trusted in all important matters. He disturbed the peace of the people of Albania and Rumelia by raiding their lands and increasing killing and looting without cause or reason, to the point where ruin almost befell them. He often urged Mustafa Pasha, through the mediation of Jalal Bey and Qawali Mustafa, to break away from our obedience in secret, and he often promised him money, men, and war equipment, but he did not succeed. He thought that we were unaware of these actions and heedless of his bad deeds, when in fact nothing was hidden from us. He often sent to Abdullah Pasha.