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1118:(a social rank higher than sheikh, but lower than emir) were virtually left to their own devices by the governors of Tripoli as long as the latter were paid the annual taxes of the region. Though the Yamani faction was eliminated, a new rivalry gradually emerged among the remaining Druze clans consisting of the Jumblatti and Yazbaki factions; the former was led by its namesake, Sheikh Ali Jumblatt, and the latter was led Sheikh Abd al-Salam Yazbak Imad. Each took sides with different Shihabi emirs contesting control of the emirate in the years following Emir Haydar's death in 1732. The rivalry escalated after the resignation of Haydar's eldest son and successor, Emir Mulhim Shihab. 942:
I to succeed Emir Ahmad due to the military strength of the Shihab clan, their distance from the intra-Qaysi disputes, and their marital kinship with Emir Ahmad (Bashir was Ahmad's maternal nephew). The Ottoman authorities confirmed the Ma'an-Shihab transition, but decided to invest Emir Ahmad's tax farms to Emir Haydar Shihab (Emir Ahmad's grandson). Due to Emir Haydar's youth, Emir Bashir served as regent. Emir Bashir strengthened Qaysi dominance in Mount Lebanon and installed the Qaysi sheikh
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Mishaqa. Nonetheless, Shihabi power was dependent on their alliances and patronage networks with various Druze clans. The Qaysi victory also strengthened the hand of the Shihabs' allies, the Shia Hamade of the Tripoli hinterland. The Hamade sheikhs were the landlords of the Maronite-dominant areas of
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In the assessment of Stefan Winter, "the Harfushes do not seem to have joined the Hamadas who had already been at war with the vali of Tripoli for nearly a year. Instead, they gave emir Haydar al-Shihabi refuge when it became clear that the state intended to replace him with a rival Druze household,
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against the Qaysi camp at Ras al-Matn. However, on 20 March, Emir Haydar launched an all-out assault against the Yamani camp at Ain Dara to preempt the arrival of Ottoman reinforcements and being subsequently attacked from different directions. In the ensuing battle, the Qaysi coalition dealt a blow
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died without a male heir, and as a result, the Druze sheikhs of the Qaysi faction, including sheikh Ali Jumblatt and sheikh Ali Abi Nakad, decided to appoint a strong and unifying family to head the faction to prevent a potential Yamani rise to power. The Qaysi sheikhs ultimately chose Bashir Shihab
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The Qaysi clans of Mount Lebanon sent appeals to Emir Haydar to return and restore their control over the region. Buoyed by the Qaysi rallying of support, Emir Haydar relocated to Matn in 1711 where he sought safe haven with the Abu'l Lama, who controlled the subdistrict. Emir Haydar and the Abu'l
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to the Yamani camp, which suffered heavy casualties. Seven sheikhs of the Alam al-Din clan were killed, while Abu Harmoush was captured. Emir Haydar subsequently sent kind-worded notices to the governors of Sidon and Damascus, who ultimately accepted the Qaysi victory and withdrew their forces.
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The defeat of the Alam al-Din clan at Ain Dara consolidated the power of the Shihab dynasty in Mount Lebanon, to the point that it became an "established custom in the land of the Druze that no one would raise a weapon against a Shihabi emir unless he had another emir with him", according to
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consular reports suggest, Husayn Harfush gave shelter to Haydar Shihabi and then supplied 2,500 troops to help him wipe out his Druze rivals at ‘Ain Dara and establish himself as sole emir of the Chouf. This is curiously not addressed by H. A. al-Shihabi or any other chronicles of the period.
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The Qaysi victory at Ain Dara led to major political, social and demographic changes in Mount Lebanon. The Yamani faction was removed as a political force in Mount Lebanon, and Emir Haydar proceeded to reorganize the local leadership of the region, distributing
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clan, whose members occasionally gained the tax farms of Mount Lebanon during times of conflict between the Ma'ans and the Ottoman authorities. Other families belonging to the Yamani faction were the Druze clans of
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and southern Mount Lebanon. The Nakad being already ranked sheikhs cemented their authority on the Manasif, Shahhar and a third of Iqlim Al Kharoub muqata'a. Imad, and Abd al-Malik leaders were confirmed as the
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reduced because of their allegiance with the Yamani faction. However, they were permitted by Emir Haydar to remain in Mount Lebanon. Emir Haydar did not sublease his holdings at
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remained the major political power, and Maronites, Melkites and Greek Orthodox Christians increasingly became the tenant farmers of the mostly Druze landlords of Mount Lebanon.
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region south of Damascus, where a previous wave of Druze from Mount Lebanon had begun settling in 1685. In the Druze emigrants' place came Maronite peasants from the region of
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did the same, but his troops were led through the Beqaa Valley. Through these maneuvers, the Ottoman provincial authorities and the Yamani faction intended to launch a
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After Emir Bashir died, the Ottomans rescinded the power of the Shihabs in Jabal Amil (the Munkirs and Sa'bs then defected to the pro-Yamani coalition) and the
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were the major demographic group of the region. The Druze had been divided into political factions based on the old Arab tribal divisions of the
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The battle ended in a rout of the Yamani faction and resulted in the consolidation of Qaysi political and fiscal domination over
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and provided 2,500 troops to enable him to crush his enemies and establish the Shihabi as the sole tribal ruler ship of Sidon."
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Murder, Mayhem, Pillage, and Plunder: The History of the Lebanon in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Mikhayil Mishaqa (1800-1873)
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With the exception of the Arslans, Emir Haydar forced the Yamani Druze to leave Mount Lebanon, leading to a mass exodus to the
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where he found protection from the Maronite Hubaysh clan. Ghazir was plundered and Emir Haydar fled northeast to
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The Ottoman governor of Sidon sent troops through Beirut to aid the Yamani coalition, while the governor of
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sects, making up a large share of the population at the expense of the Druze. Nonetheless, the Druze
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clans. The Yamani faction also had backing from the Ottoman provincial authorities of
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of Gharb, while the Arslans were kept in the lower Gharb. The Arslans had their
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Battle between the Qaysi and Yamani tribo-political factions (1711)
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THE SHIITE EMIRATES OF OTTOMAN SYRIA (MID-17m -MID-18m CENTURY),
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and its region, while securing the allegiance of the Shia Muslim
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Mishaqa, Mikhail (1988). Thackston, Wheeler McIntosh (ed.).
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The Druzes: A New Study of Their History, Faith, and Society
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Najem, Tom; Amore, Roy C.; Abu Khalil, As'ad (2021).
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Index

Qays–Yaman rivalry
Ain Dara
Sidon Eyalet
Ottoman Empire
Mount Lebanon
Jabal al-Druze
Qaysi
Shihab dynasty
Jumblatt
Khazen
Harfush clan
Yamani
Alam al-Din
Arslan
Sawaf
Damascus
POW

Ain Dara
Mount Lebanon
Qaysi and Yamani
Shihab dynasty
Druze
Jumblatt
Maronite
Khazen
Alam al-Din
Arslan
Sawaf
Sidon

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