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From the Ottoman Empire, they may have carried out all that the people of Egypt disliked from the Sultanate, along with news for you.

And with this firman came another, directing the governorship of the Doba, Darfur, Kordofan, and Sennar to this King of yours. It has been presented to the rulers of the provinces, concerning your wisdom and discretion, and the arrangement of all their affairs for the happiness of all the subjects.

And since, in most cases, the army and soldiers attack villages and towns in those places, they act upon our noble wishes in what is in them and dispose of them by selling and reducing everything that comes to them and their ransoms. These actions, if they continue, lead to the depletion of the skilled workers, and likewise the women. It is among the best principles of justice and humanity that you should provide for all the future. And know that the security of Egypt from the oppressive Sultanate and all the rulers has now begun.

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