On the return of ʿUthmān Diqna from the Buṭāna; the spread of the fever; the coming of several tribal leaders wishing to join ʿUthmān Diqna. On ʿUthmān Diqna’s complaint to Khalīfa that it is apparent that the heart of the nomadic tribes is in their country (waṭān).
- This text has been edited in Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Abū Salīm, Muḥarrarāt ʿUthmān Diqna, Khartoum, Markaz Abū Salīm li-l-dirāsāt, 2004. See letter 249
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