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granted him immunity for his person and safe conduct to Soba ; and he left Sennar in abasement.
LXV And when they knew he had left they entered Sennar un-
opposed and fulfilled their promise to the Mek Nasir and m.ade him king. This was in 1175^
LXVI In these days the power of the Fung dissolved and the power, whether of loosing or binding, passed to the Hamag, and Sheikh Muhammad Abu el Kaylak subdued the king and put to death num-
bers of the great men of the Fung. LXVII And Mek Nasir remained Mek at Sennar until 1182^, but Sheikh Muhammad then deposed him and exiled him to the village of Bukera beyond el Tamayn.
LXVIII After his expulsion the Mek Nasir sent to some of the Fung and asked their aid to make war upon Sheikh Muhammad ; so
[the latter] sent his brother's son Badi walad Ragab and Ahmad walad Mahmud, the Sheikh of the Fuari, and a detachment of troops, and they came in unto [Nasir] and slew him ; and they had found him
with the Kuran on his right hand and his prayer-mat on his left, for he was a learned man, and his handwriting was beautiful, God have mercy upon him !
LXIX Nasir's death was in 1182^, and thereupon Sheikh Muham-
mad appointed his brother Isma'il, son of the Mek Badi, king at Sennar ; but all power remained in the hands of Sheikh Muhammad Abu el Kaylak.
LXX And [Isma'il] removed abuses and acted justly by his people and treated well the men of religion, so that in return they prayed for him, and God blessed him in his lifetime and his seed after him.
LXXI And in this year there befel a great famine, and it was known
as '' Sannat el Kabsa'' ("The Year of Pressure"); and in 1185=^ the river rose to a great height, and likewise in 11 89"*.
LXXII In 1190^ Sheikh Muhammad Abu el Kaylak died, may God
have mercy upon him ! And Sheikh 'Adlan walad Subahi, the Sheikh of Khashm el Bahr, also ; and between these two there had been great affection.
Now [the latter] was a continent and temperate man, honourable and pious.
LXXIII After the death of Sheikh Muhammad the Sheikhs ap-
pointed Sheikh Badi walad Ragab, the son of Sheikh Muhammad's brother, and when this was done the Fung collected and came before
the Mek Isma'il seeking to be reUeved of Sheikh Badi. But when
1 1761 A.D. - 1768 a.d. ^ 1771 a.d. * 1775 a.d. (reading Ar for w). ^ 1776 a.d. (reading m^. for ^^^a.)