But Nimr quickly rebelled and defected, so Ismail set off against him with an army and entered the capital of the city of Shendi in October 1822.
King Nimr decided to take revenge, so he invited Prince Ismail and the leaders of his forces to a feast in his wooden palace, and gathered around him quantities of hay and dry grass.
Ismail was surprised, the king replied that this was the food for the prince's horses and the army leaders, and as soon as everyone settled inside the royal palace, it was completely set on fire.
[1][2] When Mahammad Bey al-Daftardar learned of this, he set out with his forces from Kordofan to Shendi to take revenge on Mek Nimr, who had fled and taken refuge in the lands of Abyssinia (Ethiopian Empire).
[1][2] Al-Defterdar collected the remains of Ismail's body and carried it to Cairo, where his father, Mahammad Ali, buried him in Hosh al-Basha, with his name recorded on the tombstone in Turkish.