 In Aqil 's absence , a garrison of Kurdish irregulars based in Damascus had been left in charge of security in the Galilee . They were commanded by Shamdin Agha , but their employment was terminated by Aqil in 1855 . Meanwhile , scores of Bedouin tribesmen from Faiyum with kinship ties to Aqil 's tribal irregulars had migrated to the Levant as a result of their suppression by Sa 'id Pasha of Egypt . Aqil welcomed their membership into his tribal band and their numbers subsequently swelled . He consecrated his relationship with the new arrivals by marrying a daughter of one of their sheikhs . In May 1856 , he defeated the Abd al @-@ Hadi clan of Arraba in a major clash that ended encroachments by the Abd al @-@ Hadis on Aqil 's territory . 
