<sod>The ''qabadayat'' were normally linked with particular city notables and could secure political support inside the quarters.<ref name="Khoury152"/> Al-Kharrat was politically allied with [[Nasib al-Bakri]], a Damascene notable and the chief liaison between al-Atrash and the emergent Damascus and [[Ghouta]]-based rebels.<ref name="Neep79-80"/> [[Abdul Rahman Shahbandar]], a prominent Syrian nationalist leader at that time, described al-Kharrat as a "socialist" in practice.<ref name="Batatu117"/> Al-Kharrat had maintained particularly close relations with al-Bakri and his brother Fawzi. Al-Bakri's family was the most influential in al-Shaghour, and al-Kharrat served as their principal connection and enforcer in the quarter.<ref name="Provence101">Provence 2005, p. 101.</ref><eod>
<sod>The ''qabadayat'' were normally linked with particular city notables and could secure political support inside the quarters.<ref name="Khoury152"/> Al-Kharrat was allied with [[Nasib al-Bakri]], a Damascene notable and the chief liaison between al-Atrash and the emergent Damascus and [[Ghouta]]-based rebels.<ref name="Neep79-80"/> [[Abdul Rahman Shahbandar]], a prominent Syrian nationalist leader at that time, described al-Kharrat as a "socialist" in practice.<ref name="Batatu117"/> Al-Kharrat had maintained particularly close relations with al-Bakri and his brother Fawzi. Al-Bakri's family was the most influential in al-Shaghour, and al-Kharrat served as their principal connection and enforcer in the quarter.<ref name="Provence101">Provence 2005, p. 101.</ref><eod>