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The city and its walls were breached, and its cannon fired upon the hospital for sick soldiers and Egyptian recruits. Indicating it was a hospital, it was not heeded, and bombs were rained down on the walls of that house until a contingent of soldiers descended, saying they were the supporters of chivalry and the brothers of mercy, and neither pity nor compassion moved them. He sent some ships to Acre and to the stronghold of the Nimr tribe, destroying them, and the fire of the cannons struck the Egyptians within. The governor was ** and the people of Sham and Lebanon attacked. The Emir Bashir Al-Tahdi was the governor and the Yemen, whose dream was Emir Ibrahim, so the fire of sedition intensified, and all the land was ravaged, and the Egyptians were left between the one who was struck and the one who was wounded, and the fire of the enemies rained down on them from land and sea. So those who remained of them abandoned what was in their hands of provisions and fortresses, and fled in the worst condition, with only a few pack animals, and the survivors followed them, picking out their drivers, and denying them water. They ate tree trunks with hot poultices, and they kept marching until they reached the borders of the Egyptian lands, having tasted the bitterness of hardship, and endured severe suffering, and bore what words cannot describe, and what illusions cannot encompass. They left those lands whose tears were moistened with the blood of their brothers, protected from the vicissitudes of time. And Napier sailed with his large ships to Alexandria and anchored before the headquarters of Muhammad Ali Pasha, and sent to him demanding his renunciation of all rights established by the Treaty of Kutahya. Muhammad Ali Pasha refused. So the conversation became tense, and the demand intensified, and he threatened him with the burning of Alexandria and his removal from the position of governor of Egypt, if they insisted on refusal and stubbornness, and set a deadline for him. He sent word that if the deadline passed and the deed of renunciation was not signed, the city would be destroyed and turned to ashes. This greatly troubled Muhammad Ali Pasha and saddened him. Messengers were sent between Muhammad Ali Pasha, hoping to reach a decision that would be in the interest of all, but it was of no avail. And if Napier insisted on what he wanted, Muhammad Ali Pasha agreed to his demand. So Napier sailed his ships back to the Sublime Porte. Muhammad Ali Pasha returned to the army, and learned of his situation, and complained to the Russians and the Greeks. This was considered a rejection of that treaty, and we worked through mediation to thwart the efforts of the English state, given its unilateral action and its transgression in a way that harmed the Ottoman state. This intensified, and the Russians almost allied with the French. And he sent to Muhammad Ali Pasha that the governorship of Egypt would be hereditary in his lineage, and that the Sultan would renounce them. The agreement was that Muhammad Ali Pasha would accept this first, then he changed his mind and agreed to it, and the rule was finally established between the two parties, and the agreement was concluded.