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And the second in the month of Mustafa Yawer Pasha, the first of them in the month of Rajab in the year 11. That is, after the fall of Khartoum, and the first of Rajab in the year 10. The reader, and in the second of the threat and warning that the Prophet, peace be upon him, promised. Al-Huda that Mustafa Yawer Pasha would fall into his grasp, sooner or later, there is nothing in it. The First Book. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Generous Ruler, and prayers be upon our master Muhammad and his family, with peace and salutations. And thereafter, from the servant who trusts in his Lord, Muhammad al-Mahdi, Abd Allah, son of Muhammad Yawer, Prince of the city of Omdurman and its dependencies, may Allah be his helper. Amen, Amen. After peace and respect, know that this world is not a place of rest, but rather a time. If one does not obey and earn the pleasure of Allah Almighty in it, and is content with Him and makes Him his sole concern, and is free from its worries and concerns, and it is inevitable that it will pass. And whoever is negligent in it will not be saved from the severe horrors that come. As Allah Almighty says: "On the Day when you see it, every nursing mother will forget what she nursed, and every pregnant one will miscarry her burden, and you will see people drunk, though they are not drunk, but the punishment of Allah is severe." Know that I have turned to Allah and called upon Him, and Allah Almighty has sent me as a mercy to those who follow me from the people of my time, and as a punishment to those who disobey Allah and oppose me. And I have warned you before this and clarified the matter for you clearly, and I wrote to you appointing you as prince in your army, and I did not appoint anyone else but you. It was in the rule of the Turks, after meeting us and taking from us and seeing sincerity from him, that Khalid, who was the director of "Dar," was praised. He came to us upon the opening of the White Nile province, and he was pleased with us and our manners, and he was raised until he proved himself with sincerity.

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