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Bashir II (1788–1840) began where Fakhr-al-Din II (d. 1635) ended. The dawn of a new era of modernization for a greater and independent Lebanon under the Mani amir turned out to be a false one. A century and a half had to elapse before the break with the past could be resumed and a fresh start on the wave of the future made. The amirates of these two lords mark the highest point ever attained by Lebanon in more than three centuries of its feudal career.
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Hitti, P.K. (1965). Between Medievalism and Modernism. In: A Short History of Lebanon. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00566-6_18
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