Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate

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Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate was an autonomous Ottoman administrative district established in the mid-19th century to govern the Mount Lebanon region with a special power-sharing system among its religious communities.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman province ⓘ
autonomous administrative district ⓘ
mutasarrifate ⓘ
appointedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
borders Vilayet of Beirut ⓘ
Vilayet of Damascus ⓘ
linked to: Damascus Eyalet
capital Baabda ⓘ
Beirut ⓘ
Deir al-Qamar ⓘ
linked to: Deir el Qamar
commonLanguage Arabic ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
currency Ottoman lira ⓘ
demographicFeature majority Christian population ⓘ
dissolved 1918 ⓘ
endCause defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I ⓘ
occupation by Allied forces ⓘ
established 1861 ⓘ
establishedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Règlement Organique of 1861 ⓘ
establishedFollowing 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus ⓘ
followedBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) in Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
State of Greater Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Greater Lebanon
governanceFeature administrative council with confessional representation ⓘ
limited local autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ
governmentType autonomous province with special administrative regime ⓘ
confessional power-sharing system ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Mutasarrif ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Mutasarrif ⓘ
legalBasis Règlement Organique of 1861 ⓘ
amended Règlement Organique of 1864 ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Middle East ⓘ
Mount Lebanon ⓘ
mutasarrifRequirements approved by European powers ⓘ
non-Lebanese Ottoman Christian ⓘ
officialLanguage Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Syria ⓘ
precededBy Mount Lebanon Emirate ⓘ
relatedEvent 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war ⓘ
World War I famine in Mount Lebanon ⓘ
religiousCommunitiesRepresented Armenian Catholics ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
Greek Catholic (Melkite) Christians ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Maronite Christians ⓘ
Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims ⓘ
significance foundation for the later State of Greater Lebanon ⓘ
precursor to the modern Lebanese confessional political system ⓘ
timePeriod late Ottoman period ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Lebanon → historicalEvent → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Mount Lebanon → wasPartOf → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Ottoman Syria → hasPart → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Syrian Protestant College → region → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
George Antonius → placeOfBirth → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem → hasBorderWith → Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
Greater Lebanon → predecessor → Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
Greater Lebanon → expandedFrom → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Mount Lebanon Emirate → followedBy → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ
Damascus Eyalet → replacedBy → Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
Camille Chamoun → placeOfBirth → Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate ⓘ