Bitter conflicts between Christians and Druzes, which…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

Bitter conflicts between Christians and Druzes, which had been simmering under Ibrahim Pasha's rule, resurface under the new amir.

Hence, the sultan deposes Bashir III on January 13, 1842, and appoints Umar Pasha as governor of Mount Lebanon.

This appointment, however, creates more problems than it solves.

Representatives of the European powers propose to the sultan that Lebanon be partitioned into Christian and Druze sections.

On December 7, 1842, the sultan adopts the proposal and asks Assad Pasha, the governor (wali) of Beirut, to divide the region, at this time known as Mount Lebanon, into two districts: a northern district under a Christian deputy governor and a southern district under a Druze deputy governor.

This arrangement comes to be known as the Double Qaimaqamate.

Both officials are to be responsible to the governor of Sidon, who resides in Beirut.

The Beirut-Damascus highway is the dividing line between the two districts.

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Beit ed-Dine Mount Lebanon Chouff Lebanon View →

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Bashir al- Shihab II View → Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt View → Mahmud II View → Muhammad Ali of Egypt View →

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Turco-Egyptian War, First View → Egyptian–Ottoman War, Second View →

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