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unceasingly, to el Metemma. There he found a number of people collected, and some of them came and asked him for peace, and he granted it to them. Then one of these same people sprang at him and wounded him with a spear that was in his hand.

Seeing this, the Defterdar ordered them all to be slain; but a few escaped. Then he went to the feki Ahmad el Rayyah in his khalwa and ordered all [there] to be burnt.

CCXX He next moved to Shendi and found the Mek Nimr had fled,

so he returned along the east bank to look for Walad 'Agib at el Halfaya.

So far from finding them, however, he found el Halfaya deserted; so he burnt it and passed on to Kubbat el Sheikh Khogali, but similarly found no one there. Then he crossed the river to Tuti Island and there slew many people.

CCXXI After this he went to el 'Aylafun. Now he had been pre-

ceded there by some of his Fur soldiery, and the people of el 'Aylafun had come out and given battle to them. So when the Bey arrived he slew them all and burnt down the village and took prisoner slaves and freemen alike.

CCXXI I Thence he marched along the east bank to Walad Medani.

Now Walad 'Agib was at this time living at Kutrang, and, as soon as he heard of what had happened at el 'Aylafun, he quitted the village and left the river and camped at el Kubba and thence crossed over to Omdurman with his men.

And there joined him the remnant of the Hamag, who had sur-

vived the battle at Abu Shoka.

CCXXIII The Bey, meanwhile, went to Walad Medani with the

captives of el 'Aylafun and stayed there a short time and gave orders to Husayn Agha el Gokhadar to proceed to the White Nile.

CCXXIV On his way thither Husayn Agha passed through the vil-

lages of el 'Adayk, and when he reached Walad el Turabi he turned eastwards, away from the river, and looted camels and sheep from the Shukria, and then went across to the White Nile and stopped at

the camp of the Ga'aliyyun. And the troops raided the camps and took what booty they wanted. Then some [of the Arabs] begged for peace, and he granted it and ordered their flocks to be returned to them after they had accepted his conditions.

CCXXV Afterwards there came to him one of the soldiers and told

him that the feki Fadlulla, from the camp of the 'Akakir on the White Nile, was one of those who had raised their heads and stretched out their hands to slay the soldiers, for his brother had been killed.

So el Gokhadar enquired for the feki Fadlulla, but could not