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His cousin, the lady, was with him. And he had a black, spirited horse that would not stand. A saddle of green velvet, it was found. Oh, my father, be merciful to me, like a father to his son. So when I dismounted, I would be brought food. Dinner was brought, and he would gently extinguish it and ask for water. And he would wake up from sleep. And he would take my hand and place it in the dish. And he would take the food and put it in my mouth, and he would continue to do so. Until. We arrived safely, then we departed from Bir al-Ragha. We traveled for ten days. The journey of glory took a portion of the early night. And the latter part of it, until we arrived. The eleventh day took us to al-Zarub. And he left the first works. Darfur. And three or four hours before him, we were met by. Arabs, near. Water and milk. So we rejoiced in our safety, then we descended to the mentioned well. We stayed there for our day, and in. The morning, we departed after four hours. And we returned to a well called al-Susiya. And there we met. The governor of the province. And its ruler. And his name was King Muhammad. Tahaq. And he was the leader of al-Ragha. And it is a great tribe of the Sudanese. And the Sudanese. They send. The leader. A king. And with him a large army. I think his name was Fares.

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