جيش الامارة المعنية في عهد فخر الدين المعني الثاني (999 ه/ 1590 م - 1044 ه/ 1634 م)

The army of Prince Fakher Al-Deen Al-Manni has played an important role in preserving the security of Lebanese political authority in a certain era. Prince Fakher Al-Deen has given great care to his army to guarantee the unity of the country and to achieve a high level of security and stability in his country in the Shouf region. He also supported his army to enable the soldiers to face the othmani Forces which were waiting for the opportunity to defeat him. All the previous factors encouraged the prince to support his army with its needs to accomplish his political ambitions. This indeed succeeded because of his wise and farsighted policy represented through holding agreements with some Lebanese districts to support him. He also held some agreements with European countries to provide his army with weapons and experience. Al-Manni's dream of having a strong Imaret and a powerful army was supported by many factors including his traditional inherited leadership of Al-shouf region. Another factor was that othmani forces weren't available most of the time in Belad Al-sham so he didn't have to pay the money imposed on him on time. This caused the othmani leaders to disregard him for a period of time, which gave him the opportunity to support his army and his young Imaret.