 By the early 1850s, however, the Druze no longer paid the "khuwwa", while the Muslim villagers in the Hauran plain continued to do so.Instead, Bedouin tribes paid Ismail in return for permission to water their flocks at fountains and reservoirs located in Ismail's territory.By 1860, the Bani al-Atrash sheikhdom consisted of al-Qurayya, Bakka and 'Ira.