368 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. d 7. lxxiii.

Badi heard of this he exiled the Mek Isma'il to Suakin and put the Mek 'Adlan upon the throne in his stead. LXXIV And the viziership of Sheikh Badi was successful, and he treated the people justly and extended all the boundaries of the realm, and even surpassed his uncle Sheikh Muhammad in boldness and might and strength and bravery.

LXXV In his days the Shukria Arabs rebelled, so he made ready

his army and marched against them and killed Sheikh Abu 'AH, the Sheikh of the Shukria.

LXXVI Then he sent Sheikh 'Agib walad 'Abdulla and Sheikh Kandalawi to Taka to make war upon the Halanka Arabs, and they

did so, and Sheikh 'Agib and 'Isawi were killed. Kandalawi returned, but the Shukria opposed him on his way and slew him. This was

in 1193^.

LXXVII And Sheikh Badi remained at his home, the village of

Rufa'a, east of the Nile, until the Shukria had been brought into subjection. And while there he beat Nasir the son of Sheikh Muhammad Abu el Kaylak violently with whips, and deposed Sheikh Muhammad el Amin and sent him to el Kerbayn; and he

also deposed Sheikh Ahmad walad 'Ali^, the Sheikh of the district of Khashm el Bahr, and appointed [in his place] Subahi walad 'Adlan.

LXXVIII Then his cousins, the sons of Sheikh Muhammad, changed their attitude towards him on account of his having beaten their

brother, and asked him for permission to go to Sennar for the treat-

ment of the illness which had resulted to their brother from the

beating. And he gave them leave, and when they reached Sennar they began plotting war and entered into an agreement with the Mek

'Adlan and some of the great men of the Fung whose attitude Sheikh Badi had caused to change.

LXXIX There also joined them Sheikh Ahmad walad 'Ali, the Sheikh of Khashm el Bahr district, and Sheikh Muhammad el Ami'n, the Sheikh of Kerri; and they all assembled at Sennar and made known their rebellion, hitherto covert, against Sheikh Badi, and took

all the horses and arms they could find from the Arabs, and marched for el Dakhila against Sheikh Shanbul and Sheikh Subahi, whom Sheikh Badi had sent to collect the tribute of the Rufa'a Arabs.

LXXX The forces met at el Dakhila and fought, and Sheikh Shanbul was killed and Sheikh Subahi taken prisoner alive, and all the horses and the arms that had been with them were captured.

'^ 1779 A.D.

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