more powerful than he actually was. He then started behaving arrogantly and enabled the Devil to create tensions, in the way decreed by the Qur’an: “No, the man became greedy for he saw his predictions came to be true.” If an administrator enables the Devil to create tensions and his affairs do not proceed well, then his subjects will have to lead a life under cruelty and in misfortune since he digressed from the true path and led an unfavourable life. In that case punishing that administrator, taking back from him the lands and subjects under his office, overcoming the public unrest, and getting him to taste the sorrowful pain of his unfavourable deeds, and relieving people of their misfortune and his cruelty became a responsibility that had to be fulfilled. When we hoisted our flag in that region everyone saw what he was worth for what he had done. His armies and warriors he had been breeding for long could not even resist a single fist of our soldiers. Those who were present there saw for sure that he made a grave mistake by trusting his army as ever and that type of mistake would even cause the Devil to find a place to flee to.

Now that we had confidence in Allah’s might and power, and in celestial patronage, this very numerous army of the traitor was ruined as decreed in the Holy Qur’an: “We made him like the reaped corn. It was as if he weren’t rich the day before.” When it was evident that the war followed a course to our benefit, those warriors who started fleeing and wandering to and fro, begged mercy everywhere and sought our commanders’ and soldiers’ compassion. After that, in line with the dignity granted to us by Allah and thanks to His Mercy (Highest of the Praises be to Him) we forgave them all in accordance with our virtues which tell us to assist those who yielded to mishaps and to forgive the criminals, and as per the decree which ran, “You won’t be condemned today.” We declared to the residents of Gürgen and its vicinities that we