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mentioned in the year seventy-two and a thousand, and he stayed there for three months, and was dismissed in that year, meaning the year seventy-two, and he did not move the Banu. Ammar bin Ahmad Mahruq, the Eastern Al-Rashidi, was appointed in the middle of Jumada al-Ula after the deposed Pasha Ali bin Muhammad Al-Turki in the year seventy-three and a thousand. Upon his appointment, he moved to the raid of Jawr, and they raided him, and he was victorious over them, and he plundered their wealth. He was dismissed on Saturday, the twenty-sixth of Safar, in the beginning of [21] the year seventy-two and a thousand. He stayed in power for three years, nine months, and nine days. At this time, repetitions in the Sultanate began, and the deposed Pasha returned for the second, third, fourth, and fifth time. Some of them repeated eight times. The first of these was the commander Muhammad Buway bin Al-Hajj, who took over after this deposed Pasha Ammar bin Ahmad Mahruq, also mentioned. As for the Pashas who came before, none of them repeated. Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'id Al-Andalusi, known as Sa'id, took office on Tuesday, the ninth of Rabi' al-Thani in the year seventy-eight and a thousand, after the dismissal of Commander Nasir bin Abd Allah Al-A'mash. He stayed for one year, then was dismissed at the end of Rabi' al-Thani of the following year, seventy-nine and a thousand. Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad Kiri, the Eastern Al-Andalusi, took office after Pasha Muhammad bin Ali Al-Mubarak Al-Dir'i, on Tuesday, the twenty-third of Jumada al-Ula in the year eighty-four and a thousand. He stayed for forty days and handed over. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Dir'i took office on a day in Rajab, the first of the seven months.