The 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, also known as the 1860 Christian–Druze war, was a civil conflict in Mount Lebanon during Ottoman rule in 1860–1861 fought mainly between the loca
The ruins of the Christian quarter of Damascus in 1860
Christian Church and Druze Khalwa in the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon. Historically, the Druze and the Christians in the Chouf lived in harmony.
Christian militiamen of Mount Lebanon
An 1857 sketch of Hasbaya, one of the main towns of the Wadi al-Taym valley and home of a branch of the Shihab dynasty
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The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn, are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to Druzism or the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, esoteric, monotheistic, ethnic, and syncretic religion wh
1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
…also known as the 1860 Christian–Druze war, was a civil conflict in Mount Lebanon during Ottoman rule in 1860–1861 fought mainly between the local Druze and Christians. Following decisive Druze victories and massacres of the Christians, the conflict spilled over into other parts of Ottoman Syria…
The Shrine of Shu'ayb near Hittin in the Galilee, Israel
Sixth Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
The saray in Deir al-Qamar, seat of the Ma'an dynasty under Fakhr al-Din
Meeting of Druze and Ottoman leaders in Damascus, about the control of Jebel Druze