Āl Faḍl

The Al Fadl were a Bedouin dynasty of the Syrian steppe, holding the office of commander of northern Syria's Bedouin under the Mamluks. In 1337 their emir Musa ibn Muhanna enjoyed Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad's favour, receiving a million-dirham fief for a horse.

Musa died in 1341; his family held the office with interruptions. The Ottomans conquered Syria in 1516 and preserved it. By the mid-sixteenth century the leading Al Fadl emirs had joined the Mawali. In 1574 their emir received a plume-crowned turban from the Ottomans, giving his house the name Abu Risha. By the eighteenth century the Mawali had given way before the Anazzah.