 Besides anecdotes provided in the writings of European consuls , most of the information on Aqil 's life indirectly traces back to a history of the man written by Mikha 'il Qa <unk> , a Nazareth clergyman . Aqil was born into a Bedouin family , known later as the Hanadi tribe . The actual Hanadi were an unrelated tribe that came to Palestine from Egypt during Egyptian rule in Palestine ( 1831 – 1840 ) and around 1840 joined Aqil 's Hawwara tribesmen , who also had migrated from Egypt . The name " Hanadi " translates in Arabic as " Indians " and the Hanadi irregulars were referred to as such by the inhabitants of Palestine because of their dark skin . 
