Bashir Shihab II

Bashir Shihab
Portrait of Bashir Shihab II
Emir of Mount Lebanon
ReignSeptember 1789 – October 1840
PredecessorYusuf Shihab
SuccessorBashir Shihab III
Born1767
Ghazir, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1850 (aged 82–83)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
SpouseShams Shihab (m. 1787–1829)
Hisn Jihan (m. 1833–1840)
IssueQasim
Khalil
Amin
Majid
Sa'da (daughter)
Sa'ud (daughter)
DynastyShihab dynasty
FatherQasim Shihab
ReligionMaronite Catholic

Bashir Shihab II (Arabic: بشير الثاني الشهابي, romanizedBashīr al-Thānī al-Shihābī, also spelled Bachir Chehab II; 2 January 1767[1]–1850)[2] was a Lebanese emir who ruled the Emirate of Mount Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century. Born to a branch of the Shihab family which had converted from Sunni Islam, the religion of previous Shihabi emirs, he was the only Maronite ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate.[3]

  1. ^ el Khazen, Melek. "The Khazens and the Shihabs (1697–1840)". De Khazen. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Bashīr Shihāb II". Britannica. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ^ Moosa, Matti (2005). The Maronites in history. Gorgias Press. p. 283. ISBN 9781593331825.