Kordofan lasted for seven years, and in it the Sultan sent money, gifts, and tribute. Some of those whom the Sultan had gifted him sent to him. So the Sultan sent Al-Amin Muhammad bin Al-Din Ali wad Jamah Habisha to him. And he sent with him a shackle and said to him, "Take this shackle and shackle him with it and send him." Habisha. This was a test from the Sultan. When Al-Amin Muhammad reached Kordofan, he thought to himself that Sheikh Muhammad al-Dab was opposing or challenging him. He did not do anything of that sort. When he reached him, he said to him, "What did the Sultan order you to do?" He said, "To shackle you and send you to him." He said, "I hear and obey. Bring the shackle." So he gave it to him. He took it and shackled himself with his own hands and called the blacksmith and ordered him to shackle him and cool him down, in obedience to the Sultan's order. He did so and became a traveler with the shackle on his legs until he reached Darfur. When the Sultan was informed of his arrival, he sent someone to remove the shackle from his legs and said, "Did I not tell you that Muhammad Kordofan would not disobey me?" Then he ordered him to be brought with his retinue and procession. He came in the best condition, and the Sultan went out to him and received him well, and he was adorned with a golden bracelet in front of the ministers and those present, and he was greatly honored. He was returned to his home with great insistence. This action by the Sultan was the complete examination of his son Muhammad, for when