 Peace ensued in Jabal Hauran in the following years, and although a Turkish "qaimmaqam" administered the "qadaa", the Druze sheikhdom system was largely left alone by the authorities.This relative autonomy of Jabal Hauran changed with the appointment of Midhat Pasha as governor of Damascus in 1878.The governor used two violent incidents between the Druze and the Hauran plainsmen as an opportunity to launch an expedition to enforce direct Ottoman rule in Jabal Hauran.