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The archers, ten of them, were skilled. Whoever among them performed an act, only the archers would praise it. For this reason, when he went to a place, he attacked the tribes of Kaffalatin, Tuwadq, Al-Al'an, Al-Harb, and Binnar, among others. And all those who followed him returned with the Pasha, accompanied by Al-Al'an, and they captured a great deal of booty, more than the raid of Ahmar, consisting of cattle, sheep, slaves, and slave women. They did not achieve anything for themselves. I did not find the year or the month mentioned in any of the texts or references, except for that year, which was the year one hundred and thirty-one after one thousand. The Pasha had intended to impose upon the Muslims by plundering their wealth in their livelihoods and by injustice, and by raiding their homes at night. Every day, their transgressions against people increased, with all sorts of evil deeds and abominable acts, including injustice, corruption, blatant tyranny, and clear misguidance. They blocked the paths for those going to the market or to the mosque. Whoever passed by them on their way to the market, they robbed. And whoever passed by to the mosque for prayer, they stripped him. So people stopped going to congregational prayers and Friday prayers because of them. At the times of Isha and Maghrib, they only prayed in their homes. People stopped going to the mosques for Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr prayers because of them. No one could walk in the alleys with anything in their hand, or a purse in their garment, or a pouch, or anything else, but they would snatch it from them in the blink of an eye, even if they were of the noblest lineage, the most honorable people, the most distinguished in appearance, the best in deeds, and the most prominent of all people. They made no distinction, and looked at no one, considering all people equal in what they did to them. And they would not say about anyone that he was not like them.

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