Banu Al-Mashrouki

An Arab tribe in Lebanon. Banu Al-Mashrouki is a branch of the Hamadan tribe in Lebanon.

In Lebanon

Banu Al-Mashrouki settled in Lebanon producing well known Maronite influential families such as the Awwad, Massa'ad, Al-Sema'ani mainly establishing Hasroun[1] and Tanbourit [2]

  • Another branch of Bani Al-Mashrouki (Banu Al Harith) remained in Jabal Amil and were mainly Shia. A smaller group joined the Yemeni Druze and were eventually pushed by Kaysi Druze to Jabal Al Druze in Syria.

Mashrouki Maronite Patriarchs
  • Youssef al Sem'ani (1687-1768)
  • Yaqoub Awwad (1705-1733)
  • Sem'an Aawwad (1743-1756)
  • Boulos Massead (1854-1890)
  • Youhanna El Hajj (1817-1898)

Notes
  1. Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine The Hasroun website
  2. The Tanbourit website
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