 Among his "iqta'at" were half of Salamiyah, which was separated from the "iqtaʿ" of Hama, and Sarmin.Baybars also entrusted the Al Fadl and the other Bedouin tribes of the Syrian desert and steppe with guarding the Syrian frontier with Mongol Ilkhanid-held Iraq.Isa's relations with Baybars were generally on good terms, though there were occasional exceptions.