 Aqil Agha al @-@ Hasi ( Arabic : <unk> <unk> <unk> , given name also spelled Aqil , <unk> , Akil or <unk> ; military title sometimes spelled Aga ) ( died 1870 ) was the strongman of northern Palestine in the mid @-@ 19th century , during Ottoman rule . He was originally a commander of Arab irregular soldiers , known as the Hawwara tribe , in the service of the Ottoman governors of Acre . His influence in the Galilee grew as he strengthened his alliances with the powerful Beni Sakhr and Anizzah tribes of Transjordan , and recruited unemployed Bedouin irregulars from Egypt into his own band of irregulars , who thenceforth became known as the Hanadi tribe . He was known by his men and Western travelers to be courageous , cunning and charismatic , all qualities that contributed to his rise as the de facto ruler of Galilee . 
