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He died there and they said he was the Caliph of the Messenger of God, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, to be buried where he died. The Messenger of God, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, was buried where he died. And out of their ignorance, they did not remove his cloak from him, and they washed him from his mouth. And one of the [unclear word] (Al-Damuz). And at half past ten, Al-Ta'ayshi prayed the noon prayer with the people. He called about twenty men, relatives of Al-Mahdi, and entered the room with them. And the people lined up outside the room, and between them and the mosque were two walls, so they could hear the takbir intermittently from the room, so they would say takbir, and thus the people continued to say takbir to the takbir of those in the room from ten o'clock until half past twelve, until the takbir stopped where the [unclear word] was buried. The number of takbirs was thirty. And it was said that the Caliph, Ali Hallou, said that these takbirs were few for him. It is a duty to complete the [unclear word]. And after he was buried in the earth, Al-Ta'ayshi came out to the people and climbed the pulpit and recited the verse: "Muhammad is not but a messenger. Messengers have passed before him." Then the people pledged allegiance to him, and he was not... So they understood from what was said that Al-Mahdi had died, as if they were elevating him from this. Some of the Dervishes intended to kill whoever did this to him. I have mentioned that the doctors who treated him informed me of the impossibility of his recovery. And I expected a great failure and a rift among his followers. And he was from my time to this time, and something happened to me. He was taken from me and became one of the eunuchs of Dar al-Hadi. After he left my hands, he would insult me and curse me and not address me except as "O Ibrahim Fawzi," so I disliked meeting him.

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