The matter of the legal council's decision in the seat of the Sultanate.

There is no decree from the Sultan regarding this, despite the agreement reached by the envoy of the Sublime Porte. It is understood that the current situation, which is one of complete refusal of any such matter, will continue. The opinion of Prince Ibrahim was sought, to prepare and be ready for a second bombardment, and not to stop at this point. News of this reached the seat of the Sultanate. The Sultan greatly magnified the matter and convened a legal council to consider the affair of the rebellion of Muhammad Ali Pasha and his son, and Yakub Belkman. The council was convened on the sixteenth of Dhu al-Qi'dah, and before the fourteenth of the aforementioned month in the year one thousand four hundred and forty-eight. Three muftis, fourteen army judges, twelve scholars, and seven imams from the Sultan's mosques and the imperial madrasas attended, as well as the imam of Hagia Sophia and the imam of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. When their order was established, the Sultan decreed the following questions to be put to them: What does the noble Sharia decree regarding obedience to the Commander of the Faithful and his succession and the affairs of the world? The answer to this: Obedience has been given to him, and one must stop at the limits of his command, as stated in the saying of the Prophet: "And when I command you with a command, then obey it as much as you are able."

What does the noble Sharia decree regarding the punishment of an official who rebels against the obedience of his successor and his Sultan, who has been good to him and has not wronged him, but has been negligent, arrogant, delayed in his duty, made preparations, and awakened sedition, and worked to tear apart the kingdom of his Sultan, so he rode the back of oppression and injustice, shed blood in vain, and devastated the lands of the Muslims, and was not content with obedience to religion, nor with acting according to the Sunnah of the Master of Messengers? The answer to this: He shall be stripped of all his attire and duties, and shall not be entrusted with any matter of the Muslims. Then he shall be killed, and his eyelids shall be cast to the wild beasts or to the troops of the extremists. This is his reward in this world, and in the hereafter, the earth and fire and gnawing.

Is the Caliph responsible for his actions? Yes, he is responsible for his actions, and he is not excused. He has fulfilled what the noble Sharia has ordained and what the rulings of the exalted religion have commanded him.

Then the group withdrew for an hour and issued the following judgment: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God alone. Since it has been proven that Muhammad Ali and his son Ibrahim have truly rebelled against the obedience of the Sultan, and that the world is incapable of obeying him, and all those who follow them are in a state of rebellion against the obedience of the Commander of the Faithful and the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds. Therefore, the noble Sharia has decreed, firstly, that Muhammad Ali and his son Ibrahim be stripped of all their official ranks and positions, and the titles of honor bestowed upon them by the Commander of the Faithful. Then, they shall be killed, along with all who participated with them in this rebellion and defiance of the Sultan's obedience.

News of this reached Muhammad Ali Pasha, and it occurred in the seat of the Sultanate. He paid no heed to it and ignored it, and sent...