sentences:  By 1862, the Al Hamdan had lost Qanawat, which no longer came under any one particular family's rule, but rather served as the headquarters of the Druze "shaykh al-aql" (religious leader), Sheikh Husayn al-Hajari.To make up for losing Qanawat, the Al Hamdan captured the villages of Aslihah in the Hauran plain and Masad south of as-Suwayda.The Al Hamdan controlled five villages in Jabal Hauran in 1868.