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Salih, one of the Awlad Ban el Nuka, and their possessions were looted and the books of Sheikh Hasan were scattered [and lost]. This occurred early in 1239^

CCXXXIII The Defterdar now moved to Sabderat, and on his return thence directed the captives, both the freemen and the slaves, to be

sent to el Mahrusa, and instructed Muhammad Sa'i'd el Kadakhdar also to proceed to el Mahrusa with such as were left of the entourage

of Effendi'na the late Isma'il Pasha and all his belongings. CCXXXIV And he appointed Kolali el Hag Ahmad to act for him, and dispatched him to Walad Medani, while he himself returned to

Um 'Aruk with el Sayyid Ahmad EfFendi el Salawi and remained there.

And el Hag 'Abd el Razik was his clerk at this period. CCXXXV On the 17th of Ragab of this year there passed away the Leader in the Way, the Authority on Sacred Law and Truth, the Leader of the Zealous, the Guide of the Seekers after Knowledge, Sheikh Ahmad el Taib ibn el Bashir, upon whom be the mercy of

God; and Sheikh Ibrahim 'Abd el Dafa'i composed a long elegy upon him, which contained the following lines:. . .(six lines of poetry follow).. . .

CCXXXVI At the end of that year the Bey ordered all the slaves whom he had acquired by requisitioning them from the people to be sent to el Mahrusa, and himself prepared to go northwards also,

having heard of the coming of 'Othman Bey Barungi to the Sudan, He stayed at Um 'Aruk until the arrival of 'Othman Bey, and then proceeded to el Mahrusa, taking with him el Sayyid Ahmad el Salawi.

CCXXXVII This was in Muharram 1240^; and in Safar of the same year 'Othman Bey reached Omdurman with his Gehadia troops — and

this was the first time that the Gehadia entered the Sudan — and the

muallim Mikhayil Abu 'Ebayd as a Mubdshir. CCXXXVIII Then he crossed over to el Khartoum and was met by Sheikh ShanbuP walad Medani, and bestowed upon him honours and robes and appointed him Sheikh over all the lands from Hagar

el 'Asal to the hills of the Fung.

CCXXXIX There also met him Sheikh 'Abdulla \valad 'Omar, and him he blew from a cannon's mouth.

CCXL He then left el Khartoum for Walad Medani, after appointing

'Othman Agha el Khurbatli, the Director of Military Supplies, to act for him, and ordering the feki Arbab walad el Kamil to be blown from a cannon also. On his arrival at Walad Medani he put a large

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