Emir Bashir Shihab II (Arabic: بشير الثاني الشهابي) (also spelt "Bachir Chehab II"; 2 January 1767–1850) was a Lebanese emir who ruled Ottoman Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century. Born in a family who had converted from Sunni Islam, the religion of previous Shihabi Emirs, he was the only Maronite ruler of the Emirate of Mount Lebanon.
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2 January 1767 Ghazir, Lebanon
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Died |
1850 (aged 82)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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