سياسة أمراء آل معن تجاه قبائل جبل عامل (1600-1697م)‎

Abstract EN

The modest research dealt with the policy Of the Lebanese Ma'an princes towards the Jabal Amel tribes.

After the emergence Of the Ma'an principality in central Lebanon in 1516, the Ma'an princes did not have the ability to expand towards the Lebanese provinces, whether it was towards the south or north, to achieve this after Fakhr al-Din took over The emirate's seat in 1590, It was his first expansionist efforts towards Jabal Amel in the year 1600, but it faced strong resistance from the workers and their leaders.

However, Fakhr al-Din's policy towards Jabal Amel was launched in 1603 after winning the commitment of Sanjak Safad, who is administratively responsible for Jabal Amel in all its provinces, after removing all his competitors, whether by killing or by Other means such as paying the money to the governors of Damascus.

Prince Fakhr al-Din also worked on the second concerned to implement the policy of controlling the important castles and forts in Jabal Amel, such as the castle Of Shaqif and Arnoun, and transferred to his family, his money, and his associates.

His political cleverness.

TO complete the march behind him and his nephew, Prince Melhem bin Yunus (1636-1657).

He followed his uncle's policy of hitting the global tribes among them, in order to devote himself to governing the Lebanese provinces and preserve his emirate.

However, after the death Of Prince Melhem in 1660, after the disputes between princes from his sons, the workers managed to defeat the Ma'an family to get rid Of their policy that exhausted them throughout the period of Prince Fakhruddin II and his successors until the end Of the rule Of the family in 1697.