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Abou So'dah Khalifah the Zemati, made an expedition against us, and
pursued us with the sword from all sides.
I killed Abou So'dah Khalifah the Zemati, and I have put you in
possession of all his estates.
They gave me three provinces and So'dah, this is the exact truth that I
am telling here.
Then came an old woman of evil augur and she threw dissension among us,
and the Helals left for a distant land.
Then Abou Ali said to me: 'Dyab, you are but a fool,'
I marched against him under the wing of the night, and flames were
lighted in the sheepfolds.
He sent against me Hassan the Hilali, I went to meet him and said, 'Seize
this wretched dog.' These are the words of the Zoght Dyab
ben Ghanem and the fire of illness was lighted in his
breast."[10]

[10] R. Basset. Un Episode d'une chanson de geste Arabe sur la seconde
conquete de l'Afrique Septentrionale par les Mussulmans. Bulletin de
Correspondence Africaine, p. 147.


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