When nothing further was heard from him, some rumored that he had been killed by police. The FBI report states that fingerprints from Muhammads arrests in Detroit match Fords fingerprints from arrests in Los Angeles. After another brush with the law in April 1934, Fard left Detroit for good. His fathers name is listed as Zaradodd Ford, his mothers name as Babbjie, and their birthplace as Madrid, Spain. [31], From the FBI's response to the Freedom of Information Act request, Evanzz claimed that Fard, using the name Fred Dodd, married Pearl Allen in Multnomah County, Oregon, on May 9, 1914, with their first child, a son, born the next year. [25] One such lesson concludes with the text: "This Lesson No. [43] According to San Quentin records, Wallie D. Ford was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 25, 1891, the white son of Zared and Beatrice Ford, who were both born in Hawaii. var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_b42b6d"); Fards demise as the leader of the temple was brought upon him when, on Thanksgiving Day in 1932, one of his followers, Robert Harris, renamed Robert Karriem, committed a human sacrifice in order to bring himself closer to Allah. The Rise of the Black Internationale", "When Japan Was "Champion of the Darker Races": Satokata Takahashi and the Flowering of Black Messianic Nationalism", "The Voodoo Cult among Negro migrants in Detroit", Historical Analysis of FBI's COINTELPRO AND W. Fard Muhammad, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wallace_Fard_Muhammad&oldid=1141937668, Members of the Moorish Science Temple of America, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021, Articles lacking reliable references from May 2022, Articles with disputed statements from July 2019, Articles with trivia sections from June 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The name Fard is a common surname in Pakistan as are other names he bestowed upon his followers such as Shabazz, Ghulam, and Kallatt, Interviews with long-time Nation figures who met him or saw original photos of him such as, Early teachings from Fard indicated a distrust and disdain for Hinduism, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 17:20. In 1930, W.D. If he indeed became Fard that would tie in with his advocacy of Islam. [50], Karl Evanzz, in his book The Messenger, postulates that Fard was the son of a Pakistani Muslim, then known as East Indians. Were Ford and Fard truly the same person? WebIn late 1933 or in 1934 Fardmysteriously disappeared from public record. We must give up the slave names of our slave-masters and accept the name of Allah (God) or one of His divine attributes. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. He was ultimately forced to leave Detroit because of an allegation that he encouraged one of his followers to engage in a ritual of human sacrifice. Detroit sues celebrity pastor and his nuisance mega-church over unfinished Woodward project, Detroits Movement fest releases full lineup: Basement Jaxx, Skrillex, Cybotron, Zeds Dead, and more. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. Ford/Fard lied about his background so many times that it's hard to tell what's true and what's not. The Nation of Islam state that Muhammad was of African and Arab descent. He declared that he would heal us and set us in heaven at once, if we would submit to Him. "Black Muslims," a name coined by C. Eric Lincoln in 1960, refers to the members of one of the most militant and separati, Muhammad, Elijah 18971975 Fard through a vent. "[62], Fard's lessons actually state that the "traders" referenced by Beynon, came to Africa, not Mecca.[63]. How we had been made blind, deaf and dumb by this white race of people and how we must return to our people, our God and His religion of peace (Islam), the religion of the prophets. A son born to Allen during their marriage, Donald Campagna, is believed to be the result of an extramarital affair. They must live according to the law of Allah, avoiding all meat of 'poison animals', hogs, ducks, geese, possums and catfish. How that ALLAH would separate us from the Devils and, then destroy them; and Change us into a New and Perfect People; and Fill the Earth with FREEDOM, JUSTICE and EQUALITY as it was filled with wickedness; and Making we, the Poor Lost-Founds, the Perfect RULERS."[25]. Some people claim that he died from injuries inflicted by the police while he was in jail. They also have a similar receding hairline that poofs out along the side. 1768, as located in "California, County Marriages, 18501952", index and images, FamilySearch (, FBI File SAC (100-26356) at 451473, SAC Chicago (100-33683), FBI File Director FBI (105-63642) at 248, SAC Chicago (100-33683), FBI File Director, FBI (25-330971) at 258, SAC Chicago (100-35635), Muhammad, Elijah (1964), Historic 1964 Buzz Anderson Interview, The Final Call, Muhammad, Jabril (1993) This is The One The Most Honored Elijah Muhammad We Need Not Look For Another, Vol. She claimed Ford was a New Zealander who had lived in Portland prior to coming to LA, and that she had one son by him, Wallace Dodd Ford Jr., who had died during World War II. The culprits vary depending on who's talking. If in this way they obeyed Allah, he would take them back to the Paradise from which they had been stolen the Holy City of Mecca. Excellent write-up! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. They say that he shall soon return in a spaceship and that then the existence of the wicked Yakubians and their rule will end, with a new utopia forged. Officially, the NOI believes Fard departed Earth via supernatural means. [56] In his 1962 book Black Nationalism: The Search for an Identity, Essien-Udom wrote: "Noble Drew Ali was shot and stabbed in his offices at the Unity Club in Chicago on the night of March 15, 1929 He was eventually released on bond, but a few weeks later, he died under mysterious circumstances. Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader He taught us that the slave-masters had taught us to eat the wrong food and that this is the cause of our sickness and short span of life. In that year, he established in Detroit the Temple of Islm as well as the University of Islm, which was the temples school, and the Fruit of Islm, a corps of male guards. [66] He was linked to the Pacific Movement of the Eastern World and Japanese agitators such as Satokata Takahashi, and Ashima Takis. In 1933, Fard disappeared and a power struggle within the NOI emerged. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! Similarly, biblical prophecies and the teachings of Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali were cited as foretelling the coming of the new prophet". [27] "Harris had no standing in the order and was not regarded as a leader. He appeared in Detroit in 1930 and had an obscure background and used several aliases. He founded the religious movement in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in 1930, and was its leader until 1934, his disappearance. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. In fact, some of the most mysterious individuals who have graced this Earth have left the most indelible marks upon our books and records. Tracing Ford's link to Portland, the FBI determined he had married an 18-year-old Native American girl in 1914 called Pearl Allen. Following his disappearance, Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as the chief of the Nation of Islam. However, the date of retrieval is often important. He arrived in Detroits Paradise Valley on July 4, 1930, in order to achieve this goal. During our colored and Negro days, he was Black. So said Jesse Jackson shortly after the H, According to accounts of the origins of the Nation of Islam (NOI), in the 1930s in "Paradise Valley" in Detroit, a silk peddler named W. D. Fard bega, The expansion of Islam historically embraces two phenomena. He wrote two books for the movement, The Secret Ritual of the Nation of Islam, which is transmitted orally to members; and Teaching for the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in a Mathematical Way, which is written in symbolic language and requires special interpretation. 44 records found for Wallace Rd, Oswego, KS 67356. In compliance with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements, some of these records are no longer in the physical possession of the FBI, eliminating the FBIs capability to re-review and/or re-process this material. But he's certainly not black like he claimed. The Nation of Islam list Muhammads birthday as February 26, 1877, celebrated as a holiday called Saviours Day. There is some evidence that Fard lived at least until the 1960s; his alleged lover stated that he had returned to New Zealand. April 15, 2022. When nothing further was heard from him, some rumored that he had been killed by police. rcel.src = "//trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=76341&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+encodeURIComponent(referer); He also taught us to give up all evil doings and practices and do righteousness or be destroyed from the face of the earth. He is always referred to reverently as the 'Prophet Elijah in Chicago. He also listed his race as Caucasian and his birthdate as February 26, 1893. WebWallace Dodd Ford or Fard was also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad and he was the founder of the Nation of Islam in the 1930s in Detroit, MI. He told his followers that they were not Americans and therefore owed no allegiance to the American flag and could refuse to serve in its military. Two sons of Elijah Muhammad have variously identified him either as an Ahmadiyyah missionary from Pakistan, a position supported by Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, or as an Arab of "Turko-Persian" origins, a view offered by Akbar Muhammad. [38], The search produced two Fords of interest, one of whom was Wallace Ford, a prominent movie actor. Fard, 2017, by A.K. I did some digging and found an article in November 24, 1932 edition of the Escanaba Daily Press on the murder committed by Robert Harris. The other was Wallie D. Ford of California, arrested by Los Angeles police on November 17, 1918, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Before arriving in Detroit in 1930, under the alias of David Ford, he attained a high rank in the Moorish Science Temple, a vaguely Islam-like religion that disbanded that same year. He claimed his father was a black Arab and his mother from the Caucasus mountains. I have no idea who Fard was but I doubt he was black, which is ironic. Here in America they were living other than themselves. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. Just last year, however, I read a book that reintroduced Fard to my consciousness. Among the files reviewed was that of Wallace Dodd Ford. One faction, the Moors, remains faithful to Noble Drew Ali, and the other, which is now led by Elijah Muhammad, remains faithful to Prophet Fard (Master Wallace Fard Muhammad). He taught us the truth of how we were made 'slaves' and how we are kept in slavery by the 'slave-masters children. Uncover property values, resident history, neighborhood safety score, and more! Since Mr. Fard has been deified, the Temple People raise to the rank of prophet the former Minister of Islam, Elijah Mohammed, now a resident of Chicago. Evanzz reported that Wallace D. Fard died in Chicago in 1971 at the age of 78. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A group calling themselves the Nation of Islam are preaching a radical black nationalist dogma that promotes pan-Africanism and outright racism. Following his disappearance, Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as the chief of the Nation of Islam. The book Chameleon: The True Story of W.D. Farrakhan referred to the knowledge that Fard passed onto the NOI as actual facts. (The speech is at the Nations Web site at www.noi.org.). [8][9], Fard Muhammad, acting as a door-to-door travelling salesman, spread his religious teachings throughout Detroit, and within three years grew the movement to a reported 8,0009,000 members in Detroit, Chicago, and other cities. [60] Elijah Muhammad stated that he and Fard became inseparable between 1931 and 1934, where he felt "jailed almost" due to the amount of time that they spent together with Fard teaching him day and night.[60]. Karriem was found to be legally insane and was committed. He disappeared in 1934 after several arrests in Detroit and Elijah Muhammad took over as leader of the Nation of Islam. 1963. And those who follow the Apostle would see the Light. After Elijah's death, Warith Deen appointed Abdullah imam of Mosque #77 in Oakland, California. He stated that he was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to a Black African father and a Russian Jewish mother, from the Caucasus. But his strict culinary concerns may have emerged from elsewhere: it is said he carried packets of sugar in his coat pocket and is said to have bled easily. The FBI opened an investigation into Fard in 1957 and closed it a year later in 1958. The NOI teaches that Wallace Fard Muhammad was an avatar of Allah, who came to America to educate on this forgotten history. Encyclopedia.com. Reported Aliases of the Messenger and of Wallace D. Ford, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8FM-5FP, "Master W. Fard Muhammad and FBI COINTELPRO", "4. Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader. In 2007, the Nation of Islam had an estimated membership of 20,00050,000. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. https://68.media.tumblr.com/8baacfedb2c5ff0be7055d0550917d7e/tumblr_ne5vz9XWui1t1ova9o10_500.jpg. rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); ", Beynon refers to some of the lessons by Fard as an "oral tradition" that was recorded at the University of Islam as the "Secret Ritual of the Nation of Islam." Attendances to his sermons rapidly grow over the next three years and then suddenly, without announcing his departure, he disappears, never to be seen or heard from again. Almost everyday we would have conversations (actually friendly debate) about his faith. According to the version of Elijah, he saw Fard off at the Detroit airport when Fard was being deported. Karriem cited a quotation from a book entitled Secret Rituals of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, authored by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad, which read, The believer must be stabbed through the heart. This quote, as well as another stating, Every son of Islam must gain a victory from a devil. He was an adviser of Elijah Muhammad since the late 1950s and was the tutor of his son and successor Warith Deen Mohammed. Others asserted that he had returned to Mecca to prepare for his eventual return. Leader of the Nation of Islam A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. His concepts attracted hundreds of followers to the Allah Temple of Islam (ATI), as he called his group. See alsoAfrican-American Religions; Black Muslims; Islam; Malcolm X; Muhammad, Elijah Karriem; Muhammad, Warith Deen; Nation of Islam; Qur'an. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? WebWallace Muhammad - Disappearance Disappearance In June 1934, Fard left Detroit for Chicago and disappeared without a trace. "[45] After the story was published, Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X subsequently charged black media outlets, which reprinted the accusation in large numbers, with running the story without requesting a response from the Nation of Islam. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); Members of the movement believe Fard to be the incarnation of Allh, and his birthday, February 26, is observed as Saviours Day. [20] Fard prepared texts that served as authoritative manuals of the faith and were memorized verbatim by his followers. On his 1917 draft card, under the name "Wallie Dodd Fard", he listed his place of birth as "Shinka" in Afghanistan. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Encyclopedia.com. He declared that we were without the knowledge of self or anyone else. I am your brother. "[48][dubious discuss] An FBI memorandum dated August 1963 states that the FBI had not been able to verify his birthdate or birthplace, and "he was last heard from in 1934. [39], On October 17, 1957, the FBI located and interviewed Hazel Barton-Ford, Wallie Ford's common-law wife, with whom he had a son named Wallace Dodd Ford, born on September 1, 1920. He said that he loved us (the so-called Negroes), his lost and found, so well that he would eat rattlesnakes to free us if necessary, for he has power over all things. Maybe he was deported after that hearing. What seems most remarkable is that Fard seems to have utterly disappeared from the governments (especially the FBIs) radar after leaving Detroit in 1933. His parents were Zared Fard (a New Zealander whose parents were from an area of East India that eventually became Pakistan) and Beatrice (of New Zealands minority British population). [44], On August 15, 1959, the FBI sent a story to the Chicago New Crusader newspaper, stating that Fard was a "Turkish-born Nazi agent who worked for Hitler in World War II". [16] From those interviews, Beynon wrote that Fard lived and taught in Detroit from 1930 to 1934. Others, however, suggest that he was killed by [Sheik Claude] Greene's partisans. However, Minister Malcolm X and other leaders of the Nation of Islam have emphatically denied any past connection whatsoever of Elijah Muhammad, Master Wallace Fard Muhammad, or their movement with Nobel Drew Ali's Moorish American Science Temple."[57]. [45] According to the FBI story, Fard was a "Muslim from Turkey who had come to the United States in the early 1900s. He could very plausibly be Maori from New Zealand trying to pass as an Arab, or he could genuinely be Arabic. "Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader Hazel claimed he briefly returned to LA and lived with her before returning to New Zealand, from where she says he came. In June 1934, Fard left Detroit for Chicago and disappeared without a trace. The local police traced the murderer's ideology back to Fard and arrested him. At the bottom of the card, he signed his name as "Wallie Dodd Ford". His very name is uncertain. Fard snuck back into Detroit in January 1933, but was identified by authorities, arrested in May and again ordered to leave the city. Practically none of them had been in the North prior to the collapse of the Marcus Garvey movement. The religion that God set forth for Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and muammad proclaimed by the latter in Arabia in the 7th century, which enjoys the, Pan-Islam [8][29], Karl Evanzz of The Washington Post submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the FBI in 1978 requesting its file on Fard. var rcel = document.createElement("script"); Some people probably think Elijah Muhammad did it himself, since he was pretty much the only person to have any kind of real relationship with Fard. https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/fard-w-d-c-1877-1934-religious-and-political-leader, "Fard, W. D. (c. 1877-1934), Religious and Political Leader He led a controversial life in his later years and it does seem there was more than one organization that was unhappy with him. [41] Immigration records did not match any of his aliases. Jeffrey Eugenides novel Middlesex, which could justly be called a Detroit epic, includes a fascinating chapter in which the matriarch of the Stephanides family, Desdemona, takes a job as a silk worker at the Nation of Islams headquarters on Hastings Street. The first is the expansion of Islamic statesthat is, states whose ruling elite consisted, Islam [40] The FBI's search for Fard was officially closed the following year on April 15, 1958. Otherwise he would chastise us with a severe chastisement until we did submit. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Wallace_Fard_Muhammad.jpg. Who was Wallace Fard and what happened to him? Officially, the NOI believes Fard departed Earth via supernatural means. He denounced white people and incited racial hatred. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Fard_Muhammad. Four victories and the son will attain his reward, convinced the Detroit Police Department motivated in part by the anti-Muslim hysteria fueled by media coverage of the event to seek out Fard in conjunction with the murder. Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. Only a few things are certain. Contemporary American Religion. Through his friendly manner he was able to gain access to the homes of poor African Americans and began to teach about their "true religion," not Christianity but the "religion of the Black Man" of Asia and Africa. Master Fard's mysterious disappearance in 1934 led to an internal struggle for the leadership of the Nation of Islam among several contending factions. The NOI teaches that Wallace Fard Muhammad was an avatar of Allah, who came to America to educate on this forgotten history. "The society cannot be blamed for anything he did," Ali was quoted in the Detroit News, November 23, 1932. [4], Fard was arrested again on January 20, 1926, for violation of the California Woolwine Possession Act,[39] and on February 15, 1926, for violation of the State Poison Act, for which he was sentenced to six months to six years at San Quentin State Prison on June 12, 1926. [24] He established the University of Islam, where school-age children were taught, rather than in the public schools. He also gave his fathers birthplace as Argentina and his mothers birthplace as Oregon. MSN Weather tracks it all, from precipitation predictions to severe weather warnings, air quality updates, and even wildfire alerts. [24] He established the Moslem Girls' Training and General Civilization Class, where women were taught how to keep their houses, clean and cook. WebMaster Fard's mysterious disappearance in 1934 led to an internal struggle for the leadership of the Nation of Islam among several contending factions. The Caucasians are the colored people, since they have lost their original color. The FBI file states: "Our investigation of the NOI and Fard failed to establish his birth date and birth place." Omissions? From then onwards, he is untraceable. She also said she still kept in contact with Ford via letters she sent to his uncle in New Zealand. In as much as Elijah Muhammad recognizes W.D. "[25] He went on to state: "Why is Stress made to the Muslims to Copy, the Minister, Elijah Muhammad's Answers? Members of the Nation of Islam believe that he was a light-skinned black man or mulatto who knew both the white and the black world and who was born on February 26, 1877. 1962. In his 1965 book Message to the Blackman in America, which is a compilation of articles written by Elijah Muhammad for newspapers throughout the early part of his Ministry, he summarized what Fard taught him as follows: "He began teaching us the knowledge of ourselves, of God and the devil, of the measurement of the earth, of other planets, and of the civilization of some of the planets other than earth. Reyes | Finn exhibit brings together more than 150 Detroit artists, Taurus Burns embraces his zebra stripes in Created Equal, Four queer, Black women explore the aftermath of heartbreak in Detroit art show. Refer to each styles convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. How did the founder of a group that recruited men like Malcolm X and Muhammed Ali slip under the radar so easily? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (function() { ", Fard used the name "W. F. Muhammad" on several lessons written in 1933 and 1934. 1960. Wallace Fard, also known as Wallace Fard Muhammad or Master Fard Muhammad[3] (/frd/; reportedly born February 26, c.1877[4][7] disappeared c.1934), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. Artists who have made references within their music include Jay-Z ("I'm going to chase the Yacub back in the cave"[69]), Jay Electronica ("Lost tribe of Shabazz stylin' on the record", "The son of W.D., who hung around in the D, Who ran around in the three, The trap gods raised me, Face all on the Sphinx, Story all in the wall of the pyramids, Niggas know the Black God saved me"[69]), Brand Nubian ("This Asiatic black man is a dog spelled backwards, The maker, the owner, the cream of the planet earth, Father of civilization, God of the universe, Manifestin thought with my infinite styles, Making sure this travels twenty-three million miles, The other six I set the crucifix, Because the heart of the problem is this."[70]), and Ras Kass in the song "Riiiot" ("Now I got niggas claiming they saw God unfortunately, he wasn't in the person of Master Fard Muhammad").[71]. They must learn that they are the original people, noblest of the nations of the earth. WebWallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad / f . A variety of other claims emerged; that he went to Hawaii, New Zealand, and even to the Middle East. Harris was later declared mentally unbalanced, pleaded guilty and was imprisoned, while Fard and Ali were released. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, Beynon stated that Fard's position on human sacrifice "was never made clear. [67] The FBI charged that Takahashi had been an influential presence in the Nation of Islam. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Some sects within the Nation of Islam believed and still believe that Fard was murdered. Others asserted that he had returned to Mecca to prepare for his eventual return. Fard appears in the novel Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, in which Fard's Detroit Temple No. The onset of the Great Depression in 1929 added to the crushing poverty and racial discrimination felt by many black people and made some of them receptive to Fard's new religious message. He was known usually as Mr. Wali Farrad or Mr. W. D. Fard, though he used also the following names: Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammed, Mr. F. Mohammed Ali. He spoke as a guest at the NOI temples in Detroit and Chicago. [68][bettersourceneeded]. [17] He came to the homes of black families who had recently migrated to Detroit from the rural South. I guess so, because if you compare their features (ears, nose, chin, mouth, eyes and eyebrows), they're very similar. In 1934, he disappeared from public record, and Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as leader of the Nation of Islam. They must clean themselves up both their bodies and their houses. Alternate titles: F. Mohammed Ali, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Walli Farrad. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. A fully equipped kitchen is available with all of the cooking essentials including a Keurig coffee maker w/coffee and hot cocoa. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Personally I don't know enough about the context to form an opinion on whether he was murdered, but it wouldn't shock me if he was. [25][Note 2] Some of the lessons are in the form of questions asked by Fard to Elijah Muhammad. . 2 was given by our Prophet, W.D. Muhammad, Akbar. He measured and weighed the earth and its water; the history of the moon; the history of the two nations, black and white, that dominate the earth. Retrieved February 22, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/fard-w-d-c-1877-1934-religious-and-political-leader. 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