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It became natural, so if she married, she could not be content with one husband. May God have mercy on them, and since this nature is repeated in them, what comes from them comes from them. Therefore, you see few of them who are content with their husbands, except for a few. As time passed, corruption increased among them, and the fire of war in Darfur ignited and intensified, and its flames grew, and they were unable to extinguish it. They called out, "Is there any pure woman?" Then an old woman came, who had never committed adultery. She brought out her belongings and pointed them to the fire, and by the will of God Almighty, it was extinguished. This is from their neighbors. And when I was there, a fire broke out in the house of the Sultan's grandmother, and it intensified. The Sultan himself and the leaders of his state attended. But they could not extinguish it. The Sultan called out, "Is there any pure woman?" The call was repeated in the city, and a woman came forward and said that she was the cause of the fire. From this, it is known that there are no pure women among them now. But I heard that this may exist among the women of the Arabs in their desert. As for the women of Sudan, it is rare to find a pure woman among them, because a woman among them, since there is no mind to restrain her, no fear to deter her, and no religion to observe, does what she wants. She jumps with many companions and says, "If I were ugly, no one would come to me, and if I were not of great beauty, men would not come to me." And they ride through the dangers. And it is strange in the lands of the Arabs if a woman becomes pregnant or has a distinguished son.

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