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them, on Friday the 9th of Shaban, with great impetuosity, 
and breaking through all his lines, and killing a great many 
persons of high rank, amongst whom was A'bu. Horra, the 
blind aged brother of the king, and his own daughter Fatima, 
penetrated to his very person, and were on the point of slay- 
ing him, when his people succeeded in saving his life. But 
having become emboldened by this success, the enemy the 
next day ventured to leave their mountain fastnesses, and de- 
scended into the plain, and were in consequence overpowered 
by the greater numbers and the superior cavalry of the 
king's host, and, after a severe loss, which however cleared 
rather the ranks of their companions the A'bu. Sharib than 
their own, sought refuge in the mountains. But notwith- 
standing this shock, received by them in the above-men- 
tioned battle, which by the natives is called the battle of 
Torbigen or Jalkam, being a warlike race, they have by 
no means given up their point, and were stated during 
my stay in Bagirmi to persist in the intention of renewing 
the struggle after the labours of the harvest should be 
over. 
So far I have brought down the history of the country in 
the despatch which I sent home after my return from 
Bagirmi ; and the remarks with which I then concluded my 
account of the history of Waday have been since confirmed 
in a very remarkable manner. My words were : (( The 
discord which at present prevails in the centre of Waday is 
the more considerable, as the king Mohammed Saleh seems to 
be on bad terms even with his eldest son Mohammed, the heir 
to the throne, who, having stayed behind in Wara, and 
being repeatedly summoned to appear before his father, is said 
to have retired to the southern parts of the country." A 
few months after I wrote these lines, we received the news 
of a civil war having broken out between the son and his 
father; and a long sanguinary struggle ensued, in which 
Mohammed, the son of Mohammed Saleh, vanquished not 
only his father, but also his brothers, who were supported 
