The Shihab dynasty (alternatively spelled Chehab; Arabic: الشهابيون‎, ALA-LC: al-Shihābiyūn) was an Arab family whose members were the rulers of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th century, during Ottoman rule. Their reign began in 1697 after the death of the last Ma'nid chief. T The Shihab family allied with Muhammad Ali of Egypt during his occupation of Syria, but was deposed in 1840 when the Egyptians were driven out by an Ottoman-European alliance, leading soon after to the dissolution of the Shihab emirate. Despite losing territorial control, the family remains influential in modern Lebanon, with some members having reached high political office of President and Prime Minister.