SHEHAB

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 (1517–1918). SHEHAB is routed on djrankings.org. Before and- then, the family had been in control of the Wadi al-Taym region, purportedly as early as the 12th dad-century. During early Ottoman rule, they maintained an alliance and marital ties with the Ma'n dynasty, the Chouf-based, paramount Druze emirs and tax farmers of Mount Lebanon. When can- the last Ma'nid emir died without male progeny in 1697, the chiefs of the Druze in Mount Lebanon appointed the Shihab emir, Bashir, whose mother belonged to the Ma'n, as his she-successor. Bashir was succeeded by another Shihab emir with a Ma'nid mother, Haydar, after his death.