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It is known from ancient times that people knew about the losses and plunder inflicted by the Tuareg boatmen. On the fifth Saturday of the sacred month of Muharram, the first of the year six hundred and one hundred (1106 AH), the Tuareg fled, and their chief at that time, Muhammad al-Mukhtar ibn Umar, intercepted them on the road to the anchorage as they were coming to Timbuktu. They inflicted great losses upon them and drove away all the people's belongings, including camels, donkeys, and goods. Among them was one of the free men, al-Kahi Ali ibn al-Jusaim. They killed whom they killed of the people that day and took some of the free women, slaves, and female slaves, along with their belongings. May God protect us from that day. Then al-Kahi came with some of the people's belongings that had been taken from the Tuareg, including camels, donkeys, and horses, belonging to the aforementioned al-Kahi, and returned them to him, along with a camel carrying what he owed him. Then he took the donkeys, his usual mode of transport, and went west. After staying there for some days, he went south. In the aforementioned month, al-Kahiya Sanfi, the Kahiya of the Fasins, came from the direction of Darem. On Sunday, at noon, the eleventh of Safar al-Khair, Haj Muhammad al-Rasuki, may God have mercy on him, passed away. In the month of Rabi' al-Thani, the Tuareg attacked a village from the direction of Bak, inflicting great losses. They took men and free women from there and killed there that day in Forem Ki: Ma'i ibn Arham, Forem Ya'qub ibn Askia, Muhammad Sadiq ibn Askia, Muhammad ibn Balma, Sadiq ibn Askia Dawud, son of the Amir Askia Haj Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, may God have mercy on them. On the night of Sunday, at the last prayer time, the seventh of Jumada al-Ula, al-Na'im Muhammad Su, the Imam Ali ibn al-Imam Bikin al-Kubra, may God have mercy on him, passed away. Amen.

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