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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. May God bless our master Muhammad, his family, and his companions, and grant them peace. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon the Master of Messengers, and upon his pure and noble family and his virtuous and pure companions. And thereafter, we have listed the names of the Pashas in alphabetical order, starting with Alif and ending with Ya. However, only eleven letters were found in order of names. The first is the letter Jim, for the name Huddud, and after him from the letter Jim, for the name Mahmud bin Zurqun, Muhammad, Mas'ud, and Mansur. And after him from the letter 'Ayn, for the names 'Ali, Abdullah, and Abd al-Rahman. And after him from the letter Sin, for Sulayman and Sa'id. And after him in the letter Ha', for the names Ahmad, Ahmad, Hadd, and Hadd. And after him in the letter Ba', for the names Yusuf and Yahya. And after him in the letter Ba', for the names Ibrahim, Yahad, Bakarna, Babakr, Abah, and Bakr. And after him in the letter Alif, for the names Al-Fah, Al-Mubarak, and Al-Hasan. And after him in the letter Nun, for the name Nasir. And after him in the letter Dhal, for the name Dhu al-Nun. And after him in the letter Za', for the names Zaynak and Zaknak. And thus, these are eleven letters in the order of the Pashas' names, for whom the letter of his name preceded his name. And the total number of names that I have obtained in the letters is eleven letters. 1. In the margin: Sultan 'Ayy 2. Jurr. 3. This form is found later instead of Al-Nal. 4. Ms. Rtak.

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