The Political Divisions in Mount Lebanon and the Origin of the Maʿnid Dynasty That Ruled It from 1516 to 1698 (اﻟﺘﺠﺰؤات اﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺟﺒﻞ ﻟﺒﻨﺎن وأﺻﻞ اﻷﺳﺮة اﻟﻤﻌﻨﻴﺔ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺣﻜﻤﺘﻪ ﻣﻦ ﺳﻨﺔ 1516 م إﻟﻰ 1698 م)
Rashed Daher (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Abstract
The paper provides an analysis of the origins and genealogy of the Ma’nids, a Druze dynasty, prominent in Mount Lebanon between 1516 and 1698.
Keywords
Mount Lebanon, Ma’nids, genealogy, 16th-17th centuries