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And he descended with another and arrived safely at that island. He said, "And he remained with ten of the Mufallal in service to his master, the Wali, in collecting funds and all the kharaj, and he inclined to him and loved him and appointed him to the rank of Bakashiya." He said, "Ibrahim, Tuson, Ismail, and Zainab were in it, and his family was there. The Mufallal were few in military service, and he entered among them through the sale of tobacco and snuff. So God facilitated his livelihood through sales, and he accumulated a great sum from it. When it was difficult for the Wali to apprehend a criminal, and they testified to his safety, the French on the lands, and the armies came, and the equipment was prepared, and he sent to the Wali. And when the matter required it, he remained there for a while. When Bonaparte attacked with his armies, Salim sent his army to fight him. The armies and the equipment were prepared. His chosen one struck him, and the kingdom, and cut off the heads. He fought with Yusuf Pasha and they settled there. And the battles of the Egyptian princes occurred from them, which had reached him with the English skill and the Ottoman armies that the French had. Muhammad Ali fought them well. The Egyptians at that time, they shook them off and did not know their leader, and the country was freed from their hands. And it grew until Khosrow almost, and Muhammad Ali's ambition was to advance. When souls sought jihad, until they inclined to him and loved him, so he strengthened himself. And from the Arab tribe. And he made Hubni Pasha, the commander of the state's ships, with a ship in it. And they said to them, 'The French, so kill them and flee.' From the army, and that. And he began to observe matters and to be at ease with the Arnaut factions and to be at ease. And Bashbi said, 'And it is in him and his proximity to him, thousands of them, so from this army, especially the factions."