Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Gharios and Ghassan

Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount
Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jbeil and was also referred
to as Gibelet during the Crusades. It is believed to have been founded around 5000 BC, and according to
fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Trojan war Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon, it was built by
Cronus as the first city in Phoenicia.

The Phoenician city of Gebal was named Byblos by the Greeks, because it was through Gebal that (bublos;
Egyptian papyrus) was imported into Greece.

Is located on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Lebanon, about 26 miles (42 kilometers) north of Beirut.
It is attractive to archaeologists because of the successive layers of debris resulting from centuries of human
habitation.

Today it is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world and also where the
alphabet was invented.

The Gharios Family (The "Sheikhs Chemor" at the time, direct descendants of the Ghassanid Kings) were the
rulers of Akoura in the mountains of Byblos between 1211 and 1633 and the rulers of Zgharta-Zawiya between
1641 and 1747.

Currently, we have Gharios Family members in Beirut, Chiyah, Jbeil and others.