In the decades prior to the 1757 raid Bani Kulayb and Sardiyah .
The 1757 raid is the predominant Bedouin tribes in the region between Damascus and the northern Hejaz were the Bani Saqr and the smaller tribes of Bani Aqil .
In the decades prior to the 1757 raid , the predominant Bedouin tribes in the region between Damascus and the northern Hejaz were the Bani Saqr and the smaller tribes of Bani Aqil , Bani Kulayb and Sardiyah .