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| Birthplace |
Gaza or Nazareth area, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
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| Died |
1870
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| Place of Death |
Shefa-'Amr area, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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| Buried |
I'billin, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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| Occupation |
Military
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Aqil Agha al-Hasi (Arabic: عقيل آغا الحاسي, given name also spelled Aqil, Aqila, Akil or Akili; 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.
