Once in South Australia Mahomet worked on the railhead and carted copper by camel from
Blinman back to the railhead. In Kalgoorlie Mahomet met and married French prostitute Desiree Ernestine Adrienne Lesire 5 weeks after meeting. They were married in the Kalgoorlie Mosque by Secundah Khan on 18 March 1907 and his wife converted to Islam and changed her name to Miriam Bebe: this wedding was followed with a civil ceremony in Port Augusta on 17 August 1907. where they established a market garden at the Afghan settlement where they grew melons, vegetables and dates as well as providing water and wood to the gold miners. The family continued to move around the country, travelling across the country by camel on a regular basis, including one trip from
Perth to
Broken Hill, a distance of almost 3000 km, to visit a sick friend or relative. in 1935 where, with motor vehicles taking over, he let his camels free to roam. Eventually, in 1939, he bought the station, with Elder's help, and he began training racehorses. Miriam Bebe, Mahomet's wife, never lived at Mulgaria, preferring to stay in
Farina and she died of a heart attack on 16 January 1939; she was only 58 years old. In 1940 Mahomet became Mulla, alongside his son Sallay, at the Adelaide Mosque and began travelling regularly to
Adelaide. The mosque was impoverished at this time and Mahomet paid the rates and taxes on the property. == Death ==