Yusuf Shihab

Yusuf Shihab (Arabic: يوسف الشهابي) (1748–1790) was the autonomous emir of Mount Lebanon between 1770 and 1789. He was the fifth consecutive member of the Shihab dynasty to govern Mount Lebanon.

Yusuf Shihab
يوسف الشهابي
Emir of Mount Lebanon
Reign1770–1789
PredecessorMansur Shihab
SuccessorBashir Shihab II
Born1748
Died1790 (aged 4142)
Acre
IssueSa'ad el-Din (son)
Haydar III (son)
DynastyShihab dynasty
FatherMulhim Shihab
ReligionMaronite Catholic (in practice)
Sunni Islam (nominally)
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