The Ottomans sought to control the previously nomadic Dulaim tribe in the region as part of a programme of settling the Bedouin tribes of Iraq through the use of land grants, in the belief that this would bind them more closely to the state and make them easier to control.
Osmanlije su nastojale da kontrolišu prethodno nomadsko pleme Dulajm u regionu u sklopu programa naseljavanja beduinskih plemena u Iraku nudeći im zemljišne posede, verujući da će se tako više vezati za državu i uspostaviti lakšu kontrolu.