- 84 -Al-Turayki, who was the Kahia at that time, and he was succeeded by a Pasha from Pasha Baker.

The Kahia, son of the Kahia, Sheikh Al-Omari, and he found no one at that hour to take charge of the Marakshin after the dismissal of Al-Kahia Ali bin Al-Jasim himself at the camp of Pasha Said bin Mansour before their arrival in Timbuktu. And the grandfather of Ibn Al-Burosh Al-Karba took over after the aforementioned Al-Kahia Ali and appointed him Kahia of the Marakshin and gave him authority there. Pasha Said's Pasha remained until Timbuktu arrived, so he was dismissed and returned to his homeland, Kess. Then Al-Kahia Ali bin Al-Jasim also died there. And on Saturday, the seventeenth of Jumada al-Akhirah in this year, meaning the year fifty-five and one hundred after a thousand, our beloved brother, our Sheikh, the scholar Baba Si, son of the scholar Abkarasi, son of Muhammad Si, son of the scholar Qadi Muhammad Jim, Qadi of Masta, may God Almighty have mercy on him, passed away. And he died in the city of Araouan, may God have mercy on him, Amen. And on Sunday at noon, the eighteenth of the same month, the scholar, the Imam Ahmad bin Othman bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Najin Al-Wadani, may God Almighty have mercy on him, Amen. And he was succeeded in the imamate by Imam Abdullah, known as Bayir, son of the scholar Qadi Sayyid Ahmad bin the scholar Qadi Ibrahim bin the scholar Abdullah, son of the scholar, the saintly Saleh Sayyidi Ahmad Muhabba, may God prolong his life and preserve his soul throughout his entire time, Amen. And may He rectify his end with goodness after the fulfillment of all his desires and the completion of his will, by His grace, bounty, and will, Amen. And on Friday, the last day of the aforementioned month, at dusk, of that month, and the month of Rajab began. And people saw him, and they were still in the Zugharia and the Tiyayil upon him, all the sons of the commander Ali Al-Turayki, the commander Zank bin Al-Kahia Abd Al-Karim bin the commander Sayyid bin Omar Al-Fasi. One of the people of Al-Qasin shot him with a rifle and killed him. This was because the commander Al-Mubarak bin Sulah bin the commander Muhammad bin Sheikh Ali Al-Dar'i, armed himself with a sword and, along with the aforementioned commander Zank, marched to the door of the commander's house.