Rahman and dozens of Berber nobles walked out of Uster's Governor's Palace in dating high spirits.
After the Governor had "disappeared" for more than three months, his first day back in Mitidja saw him summoning Algiers' top nobles, officials, and tribal leaders, announcing in the name of the King the establishment of the France Algeria Province, together with a series of new laws.
The contents of these decrees delighted Rahman and the others beyond measure.
"How much did you get?" Lazaz whispered gleefully to the tribal chief beside him. "I've got more than 6,000 riyals here."
The other, who was his in-law, was happy to share: "I received 4,000 riyals."
Yes, just now Uster announced that of the assets confiscated from the Imperial Guard and Navy, each tribe could keep a third, and the remainder would go to the provincial treasury for building towns, irrigation, roads, and so forth.
