Emirate of Mount Lebanon
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The Emirate of Mount Lebanon was a part of Mount Lebanon that enjoyed variable degrees of partial autonomy under the stable suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire between the mid-16th and the early-19th cen
Emir of Lebanon, by József Borsos, 1843.
Christian Church and Druze Khalwa in Shuf Mountains: Historically; the Druzes and the Christians in the Shuf Mountains lived in complete harmony.
Shihab dynasty
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The Shihab dynasty is an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and Emirs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th century, during Ottoman rule. Before then, the family
Emirate of Mount Lebanon
…the Shihab system, for as long as this system remained in place. The "Druze-Christian alliance" during this century was the major factor enabling the Shehab dynasty to maintain power. By the middle years of the eighteenth century, the Shihabi amirs converted to Christianity, so did several Druze amirs and prominent…
The 12th-century Shihab Citadel in Hasbaya in Wadi al-Taym
Bashir Shihab II was the Emir of Mount Lebanon from 1789 until 1840.
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