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The Tanqawi, but he has a fief from his ancestors that the Tanqawi does not interfere with. And the Tanqawi takes the wealth of the rest of the country. Thus, the jealousy of the small chain and the rest of the regions, other than the six mentioned, were ruled by kings. As for its width and thinner than the Mahalla al-Kash between it and Dar Sulh, i.e., Dar Wadi al-Makharr, it is a distance of eighteen days to the first Mahalla al-Kash between it and Karbagal. This region is half plain, with slightly sandy land. The latter, from the east, is very sandy, and therefore called al-Qubur. As for the lands of Jebel Marra, they are black clay, and it is a mountain from which Dar al-Fawz derives its name from beginning to end, even before it is connected to the quarry overlooking Cairo. However, it is not a single piece but is fragmented from several places and has many routes. This mountain is high and vast and innumerable, and among them is the well-known tribe called al-Kajjarah, to whom the Sultan of Darfur is attributed. This mountain has numerous caves where the sons of kings and others are imprisoned, and ministers are also imprisoned there. It has much wealth, as it has cattle and sheep that are not found elsewhere. And it is strange that all their livestock graze by themselves without a shepherd, and they do not fear thieves or wild animals. So I asked Sultan Muhammad Fadl to allow me to go.