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Thawrani, which is said to be two hours away from Tawrani, at 1 AM, we were heading to Tawrani. After an hour and a half of travel, we encountered a forest in front of the army. Since it was impossible to pass through it and there was cultivation on its banks, after the necessary reconnaissance, it was decided to detour the fort to the left. Even after we managed to pass the obstacle, it was turned to the right to follow the original axis. While the troops and His Excellency General Hicks Pasha were discussing the aforementioned method, or at a distance, we consulted by firing two shots. We looked right and left, but saw nothing. As this location was extremely difficult, [the Baro] did not allow anything to happen. After the fort was heavily guarded, it was confirmed that this news was false. We proceeded towards Tawrani. Upon our arrival and determination of the solution that the army should adopt according to the definition of His Excellency the Chief of Staff, one of the experts named Haj Ibrahim, from the people of Al-Kuh, whom His Excellency the former Hakdar had brought, knowing his friendship with the army in the Jebelain region and his knowledge of the road to Kordofan and the availability of water, was sent to scout a water pool near the army camp at a distance of half an hour with two experts. When he and his companions arrived at the pool, they found some Arabs and dervishes of the Shiq Muhammad tribe sitting in a circle around the pool, hidden. They attacked him and his companions. The Arabs fired at them, but they were not hit. Since their numbers were greater than their strength, they had to flee. They returned to their way. Meanwhile, one of the aforementioned Arabs managed to stab Haj Ibrahim with a spear, hitting him in the back. From the intensity of the pain, the rifle fell from his hand to the ground. He was forced to retrieve it, unaware of what was happening to him, and then he recovered his mount, which was a camel, so that he could escape. One of them managed to use a rifle, and another came with a sword in his left hand, which was cut off. Then he grabbed with his right hand and fell on his face, losing consciousness. Others came and stabbed him three times in the back and another sword in his head.

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