Battle of Anjar

Battle of Anjar

Fakhreddine by César Gemayel depicting the Emir rallying his troops to battle
Date1 November 1623
Location
Anjar, Ottoman Syria (present-day Lebanon)
33°43′33″N 35°55′47″E / 33.72583°N 35.92972°E / 33.72583; 35.92972
Result

Lebanese strategic victory

  • Fakhr-al-Din II captures Mustafa Pasha
  • Beylerbey confirms the Ma'ns' governorships
  • Ma'nid authority strengthened in Mount Lebanon
Territorial
changes
  • Mount Lebanon remained semi-autonomous
  • Territory of Mount Lebanon Emirate at its greatest extent
  • Occupied cites subjected to taxes
  • Fakhr-al-Din II invades and controls Ottoman territory
  • Ma'nid influence expands into the Beqaa Valley, Safed, Ajlun, Nablus, Gaza, and Anjar
    • Belligerents
    Mount Lebanon Emirate
    Grand Duchy of Tuscany

    Ottoman Empire

    Commanders and leaders
    Fakhr-al-Din II
    Ferdinando II    		 Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq  (POW)
    Strength
    • 5,000 Lebanese troops
  • 12,000 Ottoman troops
    • Casualties and losses
    Medium Heavy

    The Battle of Anjar was fought on 1 November 1623 between the army of Fakhr al-Din II and a coalition army led by the governor of Damascus Mustafa Pasha.ㅤ

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