In 1632 (1041 AH) Nami allied with the rebel commander Kor Mahmud to capture Mecca.
They entered the city victorious on Wednesday, 17 March 1632 (25 Sha'ban 1041 AH ), after defeating the Emirs Muhammad ibn Abd Allah and Zayd ibn Muhsin at Wadi al-Biyar.
He also killed Mustafa Bey, the commander of the Ottoman regiment that had fought alongside Muhammad and Zayd at Wadi al-Biyar.
When the governor of Egypt Halil Pasha received news of the events in Mecca, he sent a large army to restore Zayd to the Emirate.
On Tuesday, 22 June 1632 (4 Dhu al-Hijjah) Nami escaped with his confederates and barricaded himself at the fortress of Turbah.