APPENDIX D 



Translation of original MS letter of Sidi Ben Ali es Senussi, 

 founder of tlie Senussi Confraternity, to the people of Wajamga. 

 Seen in Kufara. 



In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, May God 

 pray on our master Mohammed, his family and his companions, 

 and may He give them peace ! 



It is from the chosen of his God, Mohammed ibn Ali ibn El 

 Senussi El Khatabi El Hassani El Idrissi to the noble and learned 

 and brilliant Sheikh Farag El Ginghawi and all the people of 

 Wajanga, old and young, male and female, may God save them all 

 and give them their wish of this world and the next ! Amen. 



Peace be upon you and the mercy of God, His blessings. His 

 salutations, His forgiveness and His approval. 



Our intention and our wish is, first to enquire after you and 

 all your affairs, maj' God guide them and make them conform with 

 His Book and the tradition of His Prophet Mohammed. 



Secondly, we wish to ask you in the name of Islam to obey God 

 and His Prophet. He, praise be to Him, said in His dear Book, 

 "Oh, ye, who are believers, obey God and obey the Prophet !*' He 

 also said, "He who obeys the Prophet has also obeyed God." He 

 also said, "He who obeys God and His Prophet has won a great 

 victor3\" He also said, "Those who obey God and the Prophet, 

 they are with the prophets whom God has rewarded." 



We wish to ask you to obey what God and His Prophet have 

 ordered, making the five praj'^ers, keeping the month of Ramadan, 

 giving tithe, making the Haj to the sacred home of God and avoid- 

 ing what God has forbidden, of telling lies, abusing people behind 

 their backs, taking unlawfully other people's money, drinking wine, 

 killing people unlawfully, giving false evidence and other things 

 which God has forbidden. 



In following these you will gain everlasting good and endless 

 profits which will never be taken from you. 



Some men of your country had asked us to send with them 

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