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Fakhr al-Din II

1572 - 1635

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Fakhr al-Din Ma'n (Arabic: فَخْر ٱلدِّين مَعْن, romanized: Fakhr al-Dīn Maʿn; 6 August 1572 – 13 April 1635), commonly known as Fakhr al-Din II or Fakhreddine II (Arabic: فخر الدين الثاني, romanized: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Thānī), was the paramount Druze emir of Mount Lebanon from the Ma'n dynasty, an Ottoman governor of Sidon-Beirut and Safed, and the strongman over much of the Levant from the 1620s to 1633. For uniting modern Lebanon's constituent parts and communities, especially the Druze and the Maronites, under a single authority for the first time in history, he is generally regarded as the country's founder. Although he ruled in the name of the Ottomans, he acted with considerable autonomy and developed close ties with European powers in defiance of the Ottoman imperial government. Fakhr al-Din succeeded his father as the emir of the Chouf mountains in 1591. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fakhr al-Din II is the 11,092nd most popular politician (down from 8,555th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 64th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 11,092 out of 19,576. Before him are Rainald of Dassel, Jelle Zijlstra, Yıldırım Akbulut, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Alcetas II of Epirus, and Ada, Countess of Holland. After him are Licinius Valerianus, Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, Quintus Hortensius, Radu Vasile, Amalaberga, and Bretislav III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 14. Before him are Izumo no Okuni, Cornelis Drebbel, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Marie Elisabeth of France, and Cyril Lucaris. After him are Thomas Dekker, Thomas Tomkins, and Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1635, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 12. Before him are Zacharias Janssen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, and Joos de Momper. After him are Alessandro Tassoni, Domenico Tintoretto, Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, Johann Faulhaber, Luke Foxe, and Thomas Ravenscroft.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 79 out of 145. Before him are Élias Sarkis (1924), Ahmad Shukeiri (1908), Gabriel Yared (1949), Abdalonymus (-305), Antoun Saadeh (1904), and Aram I (1947). After him are Ziad Jarrah (1975), Charles Helou (1913), Nancy Ajram (1983), Elie Hobeika (1956), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), and Rashid Karami (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 37. Before him are Selim Hoss (1929), Imad Mughniyah (1962), Samir Geagea (1952), Élias Sarkis (1924), Ahmad Shukeiri (1908), and Abdalonymus (-305). After him are Charles Helou (1913), Elie Hobeika (1956), Rashid Karami (1921), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Riad Al Solh (1894), and Elie Saab (1964).

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