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The area was a backwater until the 1950s when Sheik Hassan bin Walid bought two archaic airplanes from the Burgundians and established himself as the dominant military power in the region. Bolstered by his own successes in August 1958 he took his fight to the Umard Republic and tried to capture a key border fort. His goal was to establish himself as a leader in the region by going up against a larger nation and winning a quick victory. The operation bogged down immediately and the Umardi army was able to shoot the two planes out of the sky. Bin Walid appealed to the Burgundians for more materiel, which they begrudgingly provided. The Burgundians primarily wanted to avenge a grudge from the Great War when the Umard Republic invaded and occupied Ayermer. They delivered 6 bombers and 18 fighter aircraft in return for mining rights in the Awsad Wadi Mesa territory. The planes turned the tide and the fort was decimated but there was nothing left to occupy. Skittish to push further in to the Umard Republic, bin Walid returned home and built a massive fort on the inside of his border with long range artillery from Pauldustllah to prevent the Umard Republic from rebuilding their fort in the same location. He was lauded as a hero of Sunni Islam for keeping the Shia Umardis in check. In 1962 the Sheik united all of the tribe between the Umard Republic and Yanuban to form the United Tribes of Battganuur, a confederation of tribal leaders under his stewardship. The state was a loose formation that primarily arbitrated grievances and conducted foreign policy on behalf of the tribes. It did not collect taxes but instead each sheik paid tribute to the Emir, Hassan bin Walid.