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- 53 -Mansur from that day, and so also the affection from his house and between Commander Bahed from that day. As for the reason for this favor that Commander Mansur had for Commander Abd al-Ghaffar, he had saved it for him. He said to him in response words like these: Commander Abd al-Ghaffar sent to him to call him to Timbuktu and promised him through the messenger that he would equal him to Commander Bahed in whatever God willed to reconcile him with him, in any case. So he answered his call and came to Timbuktu and met with Commander Bahed and fought from the moment he entered that evening in the town. It did not benefit him anything, and he helped him against Commander Bahed as he had helped him through his messenger. Commander Mansur did not see what he expected from cooperation, support, and effort. He stayed with him for about three months after he came, then left him and went on foot to the village of Tanur. His men were there and stayed there to cut off the road for those passing by sea. [38] At that time, they seized the boats coming from Jini, including Faqih Baba Si bin Faqih Abubakar bin Si bin Faqih Qadi Muhammad Jamm, Qadi of Masina, and among them Al-Mukhtar bin Muallim Al-Amin bin Tabbagh Al-Banna, and among them one of Mawlay, I don't know his name, Sayyid Abd al-Qadir, God knows. And they took his gold until he was tricked and his mind was confused after taking his boats from him. As for the eye of Murad, Commander Abd al-Ghaffar, he did not call him except for the revenge of Commander Bahed for him when he dismissed him from the sultanate. And that is why, when he came, he left it head to head. And Commander Mansur became angry and went to Tanur, then they shot him with a cannon when his messenger came to him. And on Friday, the eighteenth of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year one hundred and thirty-six, Commander Mansur went out in the boats with his men from Tanur, heading towards the area of Kibr. When they approached it, its people came out to them. Kibr, so Abd Allah fired his men in the boats and landed in Rahbat Day, above 1. Ms. .asdarkh

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