 Like his father before him , Aqil served various masters , among whom was Ibrahim Pasha , the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt . Aqil defected from Ibrahim Pasha 's army and joined local rebels in the 1834 peasants ' revolt against Egyptian conscription and disarmament measures , leading his Hawwara irregulars in the Galilee . At some point during the revolt , Aqil helped save the mostly Druze village of Isfiya from being destroyed by Ibrahim Pasha 's troops after its inhabitants paid Aqil for protection . As the revolt was suppressed , Aqil and his men left Palestine for Transjordan , where they sought the protection of that region 's major Bedouin tribes . During his time in Transjordan he strengthened relations with these tribes . When the Ottomans regained control of Palestine in 1840 – 1841 , Aqil returned to the Lower Galilee and was commissioned as a captain of ten mounted irregulars . He recruited Egyptian irregulars from the Hanadi tribe and others who were left unemployed following the Egyptian withdrawal . Together with Aqil 's Hawwara , they became a formidable local force . In 1843 , Aqil became the chief of irregulars , known as bashi @-@ bazouk , in northern Palestine , and his command was expanded to fifty horsemen . Aqil 's irregulars became known in the area as the Hanadi , although the group 's tribal composition was mixed . 
