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On Wednesday evening, at dusk, the fourth of Ramadan al-Mu'azzam of that year, Commander Mas'ud, son of Commander Stir, son of Mas'ud, passed away, may God have mercy on him. And on Saturday night, the twenty-first of the mentioned month, Fatima Tabakh, daughter of Sheikh al-Maddahin, the faqih Muhammad, son of the faqih al-'alim Sidi, son of al-'allama Sayyid Ahmad Baba, passed away, may God have mercy on them, amen. And on Tuesday night, the night of Eid al-Fitr, Sheikh al-Maddahin of the people of the Great Mosque, al-Famm Tabakh, son of the faqih Ali, son of the faqih al-Imam Muhammad Kurd, passed away, may God have mercy on him. And the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, Rahat Jariyah, the mother of al-Famm Muhammad, son of Prince Sū, passed away, may God have mercy on him. Then the aforementioned Pasha Muhammad returned to his state on Thursday, the twenty-second of Jumada al-Ula in the year one thousand one hundred and fifty. After the battle of Tali and the death of the Pasha, he [the Pasha] was with the army. Upon his accession to power, he appointed Baba Sayyid, son of Commander Zatk, as Kahya of the people of religion, and he appointed Mahmud, son of Commander Stir, son of Muhammad Buway, as governor of Kibr and governor of the land. In the month of Jumada, meaning this month, the Kahya Ibrahim, son of Commander Had, son of Ali, came from the land of Binb. He was sent on a mission by Pasha Had, whom he had sent there with Ramada for the purpose of reinforcement upon the departure of his aunt. In the month of Jumada al-Ukhra, on Wednesday, the twenty-first of it, the Tuareg killed Commander al-Hasan, son of Commander Husayn, on the road to Marsa, near their camp, may God have mercy on him. And during that period, the governor of Shai was killed by Kibr Firm, by order of the Pasha. In the month of Rajab al-Fard, on Sunday, the seventeenth of it, Commander Ali, son of al-Jism, engaged the army, and killed from them from noon until sunset. Then they made peace on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh of it. And on Wednesday, the eleventh of Sha'ban al-Munir, which was the seventh day of winter, the sea water arrived, if God wills. And on Monday, the twenty-third of Sha'ban of that year, it rained a light shower. And on the night...

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