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
The 12th-century Shihab Citadel in Hasbaya in Wadi al-Taym
Bashir Shihab II was the Emir of Mount Lebanon from 1789 until 1840.
Arte Alhambra I
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
Shihab dynasty
…Shihab (Chehab) dynasty الشهابيون Emirs of Mount Lebanon Flag of the Shihab dynasty Country Mount Lebanon Emirate, Ottoman Empire Founded 1176 Founder Bashir I Haydar I Final ruler Bashir III Deposition 1842…
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.