His intensity was greatly reduced, which was known to the public, until it was rumored among the people that tranquility had descended upon him, and he himself said that the spirit of the Mahdi had entered him and that his character was that of the Mahdi.

This belief in transmigration was not solely the doctrine of Abdullah al-Taaishi, but rather the doctrine of his predecessor, Al-Badi, who used to claim that the spirit of the Prophet, peace be upon him, had entered him.

The essence of the matter is that Abdullah al-Taaishi took control of the allegiance while he was in a state of turmoil and did not know how to manage it. He was greatly afraid of the Mahdi's relatives, who were stronger and more numerous than his men. Therefore, he remained like one of the caliphs, not acting without their counsel or against their will, awaiting what would happen with the cities of Sennar and Kassala, which were on the verge of falling.

The First Lies of Al-Taaishi We mentioned that Al-Haj Zubeir advised Abdullah al-Taaishi to resort to the Mahdi's lies. The first lie he fabricated was concerning the well of Al-Badi, near Shibirin, when he issued a proclamation stating the following: "Yesterday, after I prayed the evening prayer in the mosque, I entered my house and while I was sitting in my prayer rug, a person entered to me. I was startled by his appearance because he was not of human form, as his head touched the clouds and his testicles were like two great basins. I thought I would die, so I cried out for help from the Mahdi. Then that phantom began to shrink..."