On the capture of the wells of Shāta which provides water to Sawākin and the subsequent steps taken to erect forts at the mouth of the harbour so as to shoot at the steamers.
- This text has been edited in Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Abū Salīm, Muḥarrarāt ʿUthmān Diqna, Khartoum, Markaz Abū Salīm li-l-dirāsāt, 2004. See letter 97
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