$06 WAR OF THE TURKS 



The corps of the ogiachis came back 300 ftrong ; 

 as did Ifmael bey, with the remainder of his people, 

 about 100. 



Lailly, Ali bey, with 20. 



Allan bey Gedavi, and the other beys adhering ta 

 the kapudan pafha, remained in Upper ./Egypt, in the 

 Entrenchments, to check the progrefs of the beys to 

 Cairo. 



The 1 ft. of May the news were brought that Amu- v 

 rath bey was on his march direct to Cairo, with 20,000 

 Arabs. 



The aftonifhment this intelligence caufed the kapu- 

 dan pafha may be imagined, as he had but a fhort 

 time ago written to Constantinople, that he had en- 

 tirely defeated the chiefs, and that he would fend their 

 Leads thither the next day ; that he defigned to make 

 a dreadful havoc at Cairo, and to execute all their ad- 

 herents — and farther that Affan bey, with the remains 

 of his army, had fubmitted to Amurath bey. 



On the 20th. Amurath bey encamped at Siuf, having 

 brought together all the corn, rice, and beans he could 

 fed in the neighbouring villages. In a letter to the 

 kapudan pafha, he begged him to defift from the purr 

 fuit, which was only fending men to be flaughtered ; 

 that the beys were not pleafed with feeing the defeat of 

 their brethren and the faithful fervants of the exalted 

 prophet ; that they would rather readily obey their foi? 

 yereign, and they would willingly fubmit to any terms 

 he might propofe. Inftead of lending any anfwer to 

 this letter, he ordered frefh troops to be raifed ; to 

 this end gave out 300 purfes, and feveral times faid, 

 that he would head them l^imfelf. Afterwards how- 

 ever 



