 From the early 18th century on, the Ottomans stripped them of their competences regarding tax collection, and, in vain, repeatedly attempted to sedentarize the Milan, even giving them the title İskan Başı, or Head of Sedentarization.Part of them was deported to Raqqah, and in the second half of the 18th century, the Milan tribal leaders were the de facto masters of this region.As such, many notable families of Raqqah could trace their ancestry back to the Milan, though these had been mostly assimilated already in the late 19th century.