- 20 -and large weapons, iron, lead, and arms such as cannons, swords, bows with their arrows, and many quivers. All the household items, such as many vessels, many mats, many guards, their pestles, pots, and very many cowhides, and the precious death, and provisions of wheat, white rice, millet, and beans. And many large beds, cushions, large thrones, and chests. And even the beaten and pounded leather from cowhides, and he had many bundles in it. Then the camels, mules, donkeys, oxen, and cattle. And among the camels in his stable were ten others, and all that I saw of his customs when he rode for amusement to the prayer ground on the day of Eid or the day of the Hour for the festival, it was his custom, and he was a rarity among his peers in his time. And it is enough for you what the commander took from his house in gold when he left, which was twelve thousand mithqal, and none of them had a thousand mithqal of gold in their possession. Rather, they took from their hands whatever they acquired through their routes and their customs and their banners from the time he was in power, and they acquired nothing except what he himself gave to whom he loved. And whoever was in charge of the Kawahis during that period, such as Kahia Yahya al-Hindi, he was a Kahia for the people of al-Fasin before he entered into power. Likewise, Kahia Ahmad bin al-Qaid Bahed bin Salem was a Kahia for the people of al-Maraksin before his time. Likewise, Kahia Muhammad bin al-Qaid bin Ibrahim bin Hassun was a Kahia for the people of al-Daira before him. Likewise, his brother, the aforementioned Yaba Sayyid bin al-Qaid Sinir, found them in this state, and none of them said anything except Kahia al-Mubarak bin al-Qaid [19], who was a Kahia for the people of Shara only. And I have