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He was a descendant of the house of Ali, which could boast of being the house of the great prophet. "Mahadi Obeidallah was the name of this grandson of Ali.
He was strong and mighty before Allah, and he held in his strong hand the green flag of the prophet, of his ancestor, an heir-loom in his family, as he landed from his ships with his troops, at Alexandria, the great city that lies on the shore of Africa, and belongs to the realm of Egypt. "Nothing could resist the descendant of the prophet, and Mahadi Obeidallah erected his throne in Alexandria.
Now he sent an envoy to its king enjoining him to embrace Islam, and asking for the hand of Omm Haliba in marriage, daughter of Abu Sofian and widow of Obeidallah, one of the "Four Inquirers" of an earlier and almost forgotten time. The despatch was well received by the governor, who allowed Omm Haliba and all who wished of the original immigrants to return to their native country.
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