▁state ▁and ▁the ▁Bed ou in , ▁according ▁to ▁historian ▁Ts ug ato ▁S ato . ▁In ▁practice , ▁however , ▁the ▁Bed ou in ▁of ▁Sy ria ▁were ▁often ▁called ▁on ▁to ▁particip ate ▁as ▁auxili ary ▁troops ▁in ▁military ▁exped itions ▁or ▁in ▁emer gency ▁situations . ▁ ▁The ▁Bed ou in ▁i q ta ʿ at ▁were ▁small ▁compared ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁m aml uk ▁( man um itted ▁slave ▁soldier ) ▁em irs , ▁though ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁s ult ans ▁granted ▁particularly ▁gener ous ▁i q ta ʿ at ▁to ▁the ▁am ir ▁al - ʿ arab . ▁The ▁distribution ▁of ▁i q ta ʿ at ▁to ▁the ▁tribes ▁was ▁done , ▁at ▁least ▁in ▁part , ▁to ▁persu ade ▁them ▁not ▁pl under ▁the ▁un fort ified ▁towns ▁and ▁villages ▁of ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁normally ▁wont ▁to ▁do , ▁and ▁to ▁indu ce ▁them ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁with ▁the ▁state . ▁The ▁frequent ▁re bell ion ▁of ▁the ▁tribes ▁also ▁motiv ated ▁the ▁Mam lu ks ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁them ▁into ▁the ▁i q ta ʿ ▁system . ▁The ▁i q ta ʿ ▁of ▁the ▁am ir ▁al - ʿ arab ▁would ▁often ▁be ▁conf isc ated ▁in ▁cases ▁of ▁re bell ion ▁against ▁the ▁s ultan . ▁In ▁general , ▁Sal ami y ah ▁and ▁Pal my ra ▁consist ently ▁served ▁as ▁i q ta ʿ at ▁of ▁the ▁am ir ▁al - ʿ arab , ▁continu ing ▁into