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And likewise the nobles and merchants, and whoever has a plea, I presented it to the Sultan. This is after the Sultan says, "The Sultan greets you, O people of Fasher. The Sultan greets you, O Qadi. The Sultan greets you, O scholars." And he does this on Friday. Let us return to what we were saying about Fasher. We will mention a summary and characteristics that indicate Fasher Al-Sultan, and in his house, the description of each one as much as possible. We say and descend. It is now the capital of the Kingdom of Forn. The first king to settle and establish it was Sultan Abd al-Rahman. We spoke of the Hijra. And before that, the description of its land is sandy like the sands of Al-Anwar, split by a valley called Al-Ars. This valley is a branch of the larger valley called Al-Kou'. In the days of the two holy months, this valley fills with water, and no one can cross it except from a distance from its eastern side. And at the time of the drying up of the waters, which is sometimes in the middle of the season, and sometimes at the beginning of spring, it dries up. And from it, all the people of Fasher drink. And the Sultans, fearing for their safety, drink from it sometimes, and sometimes they bring them water from the edge of the wadi because it is close to Tandalti from the eastern side. The houses and buildings of all the Forn are made of millet stalks, and the outer walls of their houses are all with thorns. They make the outer wall a corral and the inner wall a shed. And the houses, meaning the dwellings, are all in the shape of a dome.