Motives for the Ottoman Sultanate’s approval of the transfer of the Emirate of Mount Lebanon to the Chehabs

Name: Motives for the Ottoman Sultanate’s approval of the transfer of the Emirate of Mount Lebanon to the Chehabs
Author: Fleifel, Bassem in the name of Fleifel

Title	Motives for the Ottoman Sultanate’s approval of the transfer of the Emirate of Mount Lebanon to the Chehabs
Author	Fleifel, Bassem in the name of Fleifel
Subject	History
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2709-8508, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25957114.v1
Record ID	cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04605637v1
Library Location	Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) (Open Access)
Notes	This study discusses the reasons that led the Ottoman Sultanate to accept transmitting the rule of Mount Lebanon from the Ma'nid dynasty to the Shihabid, after the death of Emir Ahmed Ma’an in 1108 H. / 1697 CE. Ever since Syria became part of the Ottoman Empire, the Ma’nids launched a series of revolts against the Sultanate, starting in the early 16th century up till the late 17th century, which prompted Dr Abdul Rahim Abu-Husayn, an Ottoman history teacher at the American University of Beirut, to call it “the long Druze rebellion”. After the death of the childless Emir Ahmed, his emirate was to devolve to his closest legal heirs, the Shihabids, the Ma’nids closest of kin. Although logically the sultanate should have appointed a Wali or an Emir with direct connections to it, to rule over Mount Lebanon, prevent local disturbances, and halt European ambitions in this part of the empire populated by sectarian minorities and local leaders aspiring to cooperate with the west for economic, religious and cultural reasons. Yet, the sultanate agreed to this shift in authority, accepting the Shihabid rule, prompted by European political developments, and other local reasons that limited Western influences on this part of the empire.
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Görüntüle	Arab Humanities Journal, 2024-05, Vol.5 (2)

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Motives for the Ottoman Sultanate’s approval of the transfer of the Emirate of Mount Lebanon to the Chehabs

Author Fleifel, Bassem in the name of Fleifel

Subject History

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2709-8508, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25957114.v1

Record ID cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04605637v1

Library Location Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) (Open Access)

Notes This study discusses the reasons that led the Ottoman Sultanate to accept transmitting the rule of Mount Lebanon from the Ma'nid dynasty to the Shihabid, after the death of Emir Ahmed Ma’an in 1108 H. / 1697 CE. Ever since Syria became part of the Ottoman Empire, the Ma’nids launched a series of revolts against the Sultanate, starting in the early 16th century up till the late 17th century, which prompted Dr Abdul Rahim Abu-Husayn, an Ottoman history teacher at the American University of Beirut, to call it “the long Druze rebellion”. After the death of the childless Emir Ahmed, his emirate was to devolve to his closest legal heirs, the Shihabids, the Ma’nids closest of kin. Although logically the sultanate should have appointed a Wali or an Emir with direct connections to it, to rule over Mount Lebanon, prevent local disturbances, and halt European ambitions in this part of the empire populated by sectarian minorities and local leaders aspiring to cooperate with the west for economic, religious and cultural reasons. Yet, the sultanate agreed to this shift in authority, accepting the Shihabid rule, prompted by European political developments, and other local reasons that limited Western influences on this part of the empire.

Telif Hakkı Attribution - NonCommercial

Görüntüle Arab Humanities Journal, 2024-05, Vol.5 (2)