وانتهى خبره إلى السلطان، فجرد له عسكرًا عظيمًا، شاكي السلاح من الذين ذاقوا حلاوة المصرية، وخافوا على فوت ذلك منهم
News of this came to the sultan so he dispatched against him a large army bristling with weapons, made up of those who had tasted the sweetness of ruling the land of Egypt and feared to lose it