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Tamma, Al-Faki Sharaf, Al-Faki Al-Doma, Ardeeb, Abdelsalam, and others.

After residing in Omdurman, I began to travel between Omdurman and Al-Jazeera Abba for agriculture. When the news spread that I was in Al-Jazeera Abba, large crowds from various tribes came to see me. The government took notice of this influx, imprisoning some of the arrivals and returning others to their places of origin under heavy guard.

We were aided by literary figures and defenders who stood up for us when slander and criticism of our conduct became a means of currying favor with the rulers. Among them, I recall Sulaiman Akart, Abd Al-Majid Absaq, Abu Al-Hasan Izz Al-Din, Muhammad Awadallah, and others.

The Ansar secretly supported us and found various ways to provide us with assistance, elevating our status. The government paid us stipends as prisoners, which in total did not exceed fifteen pounds per month. These were distributed among individuals, with some receiving two pounds, some one and a half pounds, and some seventy-five piasters. My share was five pounds.

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