Maronites
موارنة
馬龍尼人
마론파
Μαρωνίτες
Maronita
Maronici
Мароніти
Марониты
Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 637 AD, the Christians living in the low lands and coastal cities began to settle in the Mount Lebanon and to the coastal cities of the coast which did not particularly interest the Muslim Arabs; the area consisting of those regions extending from Sidon in the South and up to Batroun and the south of Tripoli in the north. The Arab conquerors settled in various cities of the coast to reduce Byzantine interference even though they were not interested in maritime trade. Since the mountains offered no attraction to them, the Christians continued to settle in the Mountains of Lebanon. The Christians that chose to remain in the newly Arab-controlled areas and inhabited by the Arab invaders gradually became a minority and many of those converted to Islam in order to escape taxation and to further their own political and professional advancement.
Syria
Jerusalem and
Arabic ,
Classical Syriac and Classical Arabic
Other Lebanese Christians
الموارنة
November 2024
The book source talks only about Christians during this phase and not about Maronites
etnische groep
กลุ่มศาสนาชาติพันธุ์ในลิแวนต์
chrétiens catholiques orientaux
ethno-religious group in the Levant
etnis-uskonnollinen kansanryhmä Lähi-idässä
קבוצה אתנית־דתית נוצרית לבנונית
христианская этнорелигиозная группа в Леванте
сиријска хришћанска етнорелигијска група
bližnjevzhodna katoliška etnoreligijska skupina
Lübnan'daki bir Hristiyan grup
етнічна група
Chrześcijańska grupa religijna z Bliskiego Wschodu
宗教群体
جماعة عرقية دينية مسيحية لبنانية