 Kamil Pasha marched towards Hebron with his army in July 1855, and after crushing the opposition, he ordered the local "shaykhs" to summon to his camp.Several of the "shaykhs", including the leader of the 'Amr clan and Muslih al-'Azza, did not obey the summons.Kamil Pasha then requested that the British consul in Jerusalem, James Finn, serve as an envoy and arrange a meeting with Muslih.