Fakhr al Din II

Emir FakhralDin ibn Maan , also transliterated Fakhreddine, was a Druze Maani prince and an early leader of the Emirate of Chouf, a selfgoverned area under the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 19th centuries. Son of Prince Qorqmaz ibn Maan and Sit Nasab of the Tanukhi family, he was given the title Emir or Prince in Arabic because the Maan family was preeminent in the Shouf and, periodically, a larger area. He is often referred to as Fakhr adDin II because of his grandfather Fakhr adDin I. He and members of his family were from time to time appointed Sanjakbeyi or governortaxfarmer of districts like Sidon or Beirut. His period was characterized by economic and cultural prosperity, and he had fought other Lebanese families to unite the people of Lebanon and seek independence from the Ottoman Empire. He is therefore considered by some to be the first Man of Lebanon to seek the sovereignty of modernday Lebanon. Others consider this to be anachronistic as his aims were more dynastic

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