Maronite Patriarch Summer Residence in Diman Before the 18th century, the Maronite Patriarchate in Mount Lebanon was subjected to the rule of Tripoli’s…
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Throughout the next few days, we will be publishing a series of posts on the Khazens and the Maronite Church. Ever since they moved…
Comments closedWhy The Khazen Cheikhs migrated to Keserwan: El Khazen Cheikhs migrated to Keserwan in the 16th century after various economic and political crisis that…
Comments closedOrigins of the Family The Origins of the Khazen family are still vague. They might have emerged as nomads from the Ghassanides tribe that start…
Comments closedCheikh Abou-Nawfal el Khazen After the death of Abou-Nader in 1647, the position of Moudabber was taken by his son Abou-Nawfal who was also…
Comments closedVengeance Fakhreddine could not take the humiliation of the previous battle and was still decided to take his vengeance and kept planning for it…
Comments closedAbou Nader el Khazen The Maan and the Khazen (Part1) Fakhreddine The Great When the situation in Chouf went back to normal,…
Comments closedDuring the 18th and 19th century, under the guidance of the head of the family Cheikh Abou Naufal el Khazen and later on his sons…
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Early Life
Patriarch Youssef Dargham El Khazen is also known as Ibin Fayyad (Son of Fayyad) or Abi Kanssouh Ibin Abi Nawfal (Son of Abi Nawfal) Nader El Khazen. Patriarch Dargham was mostly known for being a strong and brave man, who handled his sword and riffle with deadly efficiency. His heroic stories span all across Lebanon, and the most notable incident happened back in 1704, when he was sent to reclaim the Maronite Patriarch’s honor.
Here is a short summary of what happened on that year based on testimonies from historical books and references.
In 1704, a group of Muslim Shiite Sheikhs (Known as Hamadiyyin) headed towards Deir Annoubin in Bcharreh to meet with Maronite Patriarch Estefan Doueihy and ask him for a large amount of money. The Patriarch did not comply with their demands as he did not have the money and as a result was assaulted physically by Sheikh Issa, leader of the Shiite Sheikhs, and then cursed and humiliated publically.
After the assailants had left, Patriarch Doueihi dispatched a letter to Cheikh Hosn El Khazen informing him of the incident. Upon reading the letter, Sheikh Hosn became furious and quickly ordered his brother Sheikh Dargham and two of his relatives Sheikh Moussa Tarabay and Cheikh Nader Abou Khater to gather an army of 400 men and capture those who dared disrespect the Maronite Patriarch.
Cheikh Hosn was the son of Fayyad aka Abi Kanssou, grandchild of Abi Nawfal, and whose father occupied many important positions during the rule of Prince Maan.
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Khazen Family History and path to
Cheikh Malek Fady el Khazen (born in 1981) founder of khazen.org descendant of Chidiac Sarkis el Khazen (born in 1570) who is the common ancestor of most of the current members of the el khazen family has participated in the Genographic project by taking a sample of his DNA and sent it for test results to the labs of the scientist Spencer Wells lab. The result of this test is very important since it traces the paternal history (through 50 thousands years ago) of the majority of the members of the Khazen family. The results will be the exact same for every member of the Khazen family descendant of Chidiac Sarkis el Khazen (born in 1570) which is most of the khazen family.
Cheikh Malek Fady el Khazen has tested his Y chromosome, which is passed down from father to son and reveals the Khazen direct paternal ancestry up to 50 0000 years ago, therefore the Y chromosome will give the exact same result to all the Khazen Family members. In fact, the Y does not have a matching chromosome most of it (the non-recombining region) escapes the shuffling process known as recombination (between male and female) that occurs every generation in the rest of our genome. This allows the Y to be passed down through a purely male line changed only by random mutation line. In this test Cheikh Malek Fady el Khazen analyzed the Y chromosome which is a purely male line therefore a purely khazen descent.The results reveal our deep ancestry along our single paternal line of direct descent (and show the migration paths they followed thousands of years ago. The results will also place us on a particular branch of the human family tree. These results have confirmed our expectations of our history. This scientific study is first divided in a history and information of the geographic project and the second part describes in detail the DNA results of the el Khazen family and analysis.
Please Click Read more to view results of the DNA test by the Khazen family and their history and information about the project
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تاريخ العائلة الخازنيــة
نقلاً عن مخطوطة لآل الخازن وجدت في بلدة بقعتوتة كسروان عند الشيخ امين فرنسيس الخازن:"ان العائلة الخازنية هي طائفة من عرب النصارى بالحجاز ، من بني حسان (وقيل ان الصواب غسان) والجد المعروف الذي تسلسلت منه العائلة الى الآن يدعى "نمر" ونمر هذا تولى الخزينة في زمن حكومة بني غسان . ومن بعده ولده يوسف. وحين تولوا الخزينة الأبن بعد ابيه زمن طويل لقبوا بالخازن . القرية التي سكنوها دعيت بإسم الخازنية (وهي خازنية بني غسان) وفي سنة 1450 م تسبب الخوف الزائد الذي حصل بذلك الحين ، انتقل نمر بن يوسف من الخازنية التي هي بإمارة بني غسان الى الحولانية في حوران هو واولاده : الياس ويوسف وسركيس وجرجس وابن اخيه يوحنا المسمى وهيبة وقد كان قد توفي والده في الخازنية سنة 1448 م واقاموا في تلك الناحية مدة ومنها رحلوا الى جهات اليمونة ودير الأحمر ونحلة في بلاد بعلبك. واقاموا هناك الى سنة 1475م بعدما رحل الياس الى جاج ثم توجه ابن عمه وهيبه الى بلاد عكار وغانم بن وهيبه توجه الى كسروان الى عجلتون.
والياس خلف في جاج سركيس والعازار .
الشدياق سركيس الخازن، جد العائلة الخازن
يرجع اصل بيت الخازن الى جدهم الأعلى الشدياق سركيس الخازن. اما ما جاء عنهم في كتاب الأصول التاريخية وفي تاريخ شيبان وبعض المخطوطات من ان اصل هذه العائلة من الحجاز او من اليمن وانهم من بني غسان او غيرهم وانهم منذ سنة 1100 كانوا يتنقلون بين الشام ونابلوس وبلدة اذرع في حوران واليمونة ونحلة في جهات بعلبك الى ان حلوا آخر مراحلهم في جاج ، وان والد الشدياق سركيس كان اسمه الياس ، فتلك آراء ما تزال قيد البحث والتمحيص. وكذا القول عن بعض الأسر اللبنانية وعن اتصال نسبها بجدود بيت الخازن، عسى الأيام تكشف ما هناك من غوامض. اما الثابت فهو ان الشدياق سركيس الخازن انتقل من جاج الى البوار سنة 1545 م ونسخ فيها كتابي الانجيل وريش قربان بالخط الكرشوني ثم صعد الى بلونة في ارض عجلتون وتوطن فيها مع عياله . وفي سنة 1570 توفي عن ولدين هما ابو صقر ابراهيم وابو صافي رباح . والى هذين الفرعين يعود جميع افراد العائلة وبهما يتصل كل واحد بالجد الأصلي الشدياق سركيس بن الخازن.
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