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This document is a copy of three letters. The first one presents the case and its resolution. Ḥamad al-Nīl claims that before his departure for Omdurman, he had left a deputy with his banner. Upon his return, he realised that another deputy had been appointed instead. He petitioned the Khalīfa for the prejudice this caused to him. When the Khalīfa communicated the petition to the umanā (delegates), they first asked ʿUthmān ʿAlī to answer to Ḥamad al-Nīl Ḥāmid's accusation. He produced a letter with his seal stating that Ḥamad al-Nīl had left without appointing a deputy for his banner, but that he himself had been appointed by Yūsuf Idrīs before ʿUthmān Diqna and this had been confirmed by the Khalīfa. Until Ḥamad al-Nīl Ḥāmid’s return from Omdurman, there was no issue in this banner. But when the latter came back, he found out about the new situation. A party of anṣār came to him and forced him to separate his group and form another banner. Then Ḥamad al-Nīl Ḥāmid was also asked to produce a statement on what had happened with ʿUthmān ʿAlī and he maintained his allegation. Eventually, both of them were visited by the ʿāmils, ʿamīrs and umanāʾ and an agreement was found between them. The second letter was sent from al-Ṭāhir al-Majdhūb, al-Shafīʿ Aḥmad Raḥma and Ismāʿīl Aḥmad to Ḥamad al-Nīl Ḥāmid and ʿUthmān ʿAlī. The umanāʾ (delegates) stated that they were witnesses to the agreement between the two protagonists. They also scolded them for having raised the matter directly to the Khalīfa without first going to the ʿāmils ʿUthmān Diqna and Abū Qarja or the umanāʿ. In the third letter, written by Ḥamad al-Nīl Ḥāmid and ʿUthmān ʿAlī, they confirm that the dispute between them has been resolved. After 13/08/1306

Collection:

National Records Office > Mahdia

Media type:

Manuscript

Topics:

Mahdia

Sudan Memory ID:

NRO-M001102