With the Khalifa's group was a king called Bahr al-Najashi, who was responsible for supplying the Sultanate with grain. He had with him over ten thousand donkeys, mostly laden with men. When the two armies met, he charged and advanced upon Sultan Abd al-Rahman's army, as if intending to fight them. He entered among them, and when the situation became difficult for them, he remained fighting the Khalifa. He then gave what he had done, and it was not enough to deter them. The hearts of the Khalifa's army were broken by what King Bahr and the army had done. It was only a matter of time before the Khalifa's army was routed. When the Khalifa saw this, he went out to fight them himself. Every time he offered a sword, they turned away from him, out of respect for him and his father. He continued to do so until he saw his army defeated and only a few remained. He then pursued his army and saw that most of them had been killed. The Sultan's armies pursued them, taking captives and prisoners until evening. Everyone present at the time of the battle between them saw the stars in the sky, even though it was midday. I witnessed the site of the battle and saw that it was barren in the spring. I asked the reason for this, and it was said that no plants grew there because of the blood that had been spilled. Then the Khalifa headed north with his companions, leaving the Sultan in the south. When the Khalifa separated from the Sultan and moved away, he became oppressive, tyrannical, and unjust, and began to force people to join him. And as a horse stumbled...