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O Allah, send upon them the army of King Muhammad Daldut, pursuing them. When they were caught between the two armies, the people who had joined them were defeated, and only a small number of the sultans' sons remained. King Muhammad Daldut captured them and took them to Sheikh Muhammad Kara, ordering them to submit and thus averting their evil. This was due to the wisdom and guidance of the rulers of Darfur, and their efforts. The fire spread to the noble and those skilled in magic. Darfur is a tribe of the Ghalat. I saw a man among them named Al-Faqih Tamru, with a fatha on the taa, a mim, and a shadda on the raa with a damma. They mention wondrous things about him and describe them with conviction, to the point where it reached a level of widespread belief that, upon investigation, would be disbelieved. Among these is what a trustworthy person from the scholars of Darfur told me: that he traveled with the aforementioned Al-Faqih Tamru from Jadid Karyu to Al-Ghash and returned with Jadid Karyu. He said that on the way, the sun's heat became intense. Al-Faqih Tamru was riding a camel. He took his cloak, spread it out, then rolled it up and placed it before him. He recited some names over it, then presented it to the sky. It hovered over his head like an umbrella, shading him and his companion. The sun appeared as if held by its edges between two men, and it followed them. This is also found as an example. This matter is one of the strangest and most astonishing things one can hear.

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