Shihāb family
Lebanese family
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history of Lebanon
- In Lebanon: Ottoman period
…prince a member of the Shihāb (also spelled Chehab) family, who were Sunni Muslims but with Druze followers, and this family ruled until 1842. Throughout this period European influence was growing. European trading colonies were established in Sidon and other coastal towns, mainly to trade in silk, the major Lebanese…
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