You should understand what we stand for. Please read
the F.A.Q. below and if you have any further question
do not hesitate in contact us: info@princegharios.com
1. Are you a "micronation" or a "make believe" monarchy?
No for both. We are a legitimate "de Jure" ("by right" or "by law") Sovereign Imperial and Royal House and Government in Exile.
H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios (Ahnume Guerios, PhD.) directly descends from a over 20 Centuries old Dynasty (The Christian Arab Ghassanid Kings originated from the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Sheba). The first Kingdom of Ghassan existed for around 600 years in the Middle East. After that, the Ghassanid Royal Dynasty ruled the Byzantine Empire and two Sheikdoms in Mount Lebanon until 1.747 A.D.
The Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan is also a non-profit organisation dully registered with the Secretary of State of California under the number 3406967. Also, Prince Gharios' rights and titles were recognized by the International Arbitration Award number 0413/2011 that, according with the Brazilian Federal Law number 9307/96 has the very same legal value as a Federal Court Verdict and according with the the "1958 NY Convention on Arbitration" is a legal binding court decision in 142 nations in the world.
2. Do you claim any State, Government or Territory?
Based on International Law, H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios is the legitimate pretender of the Ghassanid Kingdom, The Byzantine Empire (from the Nikephorus Dynasty)and the Sheik Chemors Princely State. Legally, he's the "de jure" sovereign of the above mentioned kingdoms in exile but his claim is peaceful and His Highness' desire is the best for the people living in these areas.
According with Prince Gharios:
"My claim is more cultural than political, the world must know the legacy and heritage of the Christian Arab Ghassanids, we're about 5 million people dispersed all over the world."
3. Are you Muslim?
No. By origin the Ghassanids Kings were Monophysite Christians and the Gharios family is Christian Maronite. We do respect all the religions including, of course, the Islam. But in the past (see Ghassanid History) the Ghassanid Kings were allies to the Byzantinne Roman Empire against the Persians and later the Muslims. His Highness was baptized as a Roman Catholic and also studies the Tibetan Buddhism and strongly defends the peaceful rights of all traditional religions in the world.
4. Do you issue Nobility Titles? Do you sell them?
Yes we issue Honorific Nobility Titles but we DO NOT sell them under any circumstances.
5. What is the legality of those Nobility Titles?
The concept of "Fons Honorum" (latin for "fountain of honor") understands that only sovereigns and governments are those, in the right of exclusion of all others, to create honorary titles, nobility and chivalry orders. However, this is also applicable for disposed monarchs or heads of past ruling families. Most current governments do recognize the right in which these families award honours or create orders.
6. Do you have any Orders of Chivalry?
The House holds 3 (three) Chivalric Orders, or order of knights like the ones created by european monarchs using as model the military orders of the Crusades. The Ghassanids are also considered the first protectors of the Holy Land. The orders also bestow people with honorific titles and awards. The Sacred Order of Saint Sergius (Patron of the Ghassanids), The Sacred Order of Saint Michael Archangel (Patron of H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios)and the Sacred Order of Saint Quirinus of Rome (also known as a Ghassanid descendant).
No for both. We are a legitimate "de Jure" ("by right" or "by law") Sovereign Imperial and Royal House and Government in Exile.
H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios (Ahnume Guerios, PhD.) directly descends from a over 20 Centuries old Dynasty (The Christian Arab Ghassanid Kings originated from the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Sheba). The first Kingdom of Ghassan existed for around 600 years in the Middle East. After that, the Ghassanid Royal Dynasty ruled the Byzantine Empire and two Sheikdoms in Mount Lebanon until 1.747 A.D.
The Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan is also a non-profit organisation dully registered with the Secretary of State of California under the number 3406967. Also, Prince Gharios' rights and titles were recognized by the International Arbitration Award number 0413/2011 that, according with the Brazilian Federal Law number 9307/96 has the very same legal value as a Federal Court Verdict and according with the the "1958 NY Convention on Arbitration" is a legal binding court decision in 142 nations in the world.
2. Do you claim any State, Government or Territory?
Based on International Law, H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios is the legitimate pretender of the Ghassanid Kingdom, The Byzantine Empire (from the Nikephorus Dynasty)and the Sheik Chemors Princely State. Legally, he's the "de jure" sovereign of the above mentioned kingdoms in exile but his claim is peaceful and His Highness' desire is the best for the people living in these areas.
According with Prince Gharios:
"My claim is more cultural than political, the world must know the legacy and heritage of the Christian Arab Ghassanids, we're about 5 million people dispersed all over the world."
3. Are you Muslim?
No. By origin the Ghassanids Kings were Monophysite Christians and the Gharios family is Christian Maronite. We do respect all the religions including, of course, the Islam. But in the past (see Ghassanid History) the Ghassanid Kings were allies to the Byzantinne Roman Empire against the Persians and later the Muslims. His Highness was baptized as a Roman Catholic and also studies the Tibetan Buddhism and strongly defends the peaceful rights of all traditional religions in the world.
4. Do you issue Nobility Titles? Do you sell them?
Yes we issue Honorific Nobility Titles but we DO NOT sell them under any circumstances.
5. What is the legality of those Nobility Titles?
The concept of "Fons Honorum" (latin for "fountain of honor") understands that only sovereigns and governments are those, in the right of exclusion of all others, to create honorary titles, nobility and chivalry orders. However, this is also applicable for disposed monarchs or heads of past ruling families. Most current governments do recognize the right in which these families award honours or create orders.
6. Do you have any Orders of Chivalry?
The House holds 3 (three) Chivalric Orders, or order of knights like the ones created by european monarchs using as model the military orders of the Crusades. The Ghassanids are also considered the first protectors of the Holy Land. The orders also bestow people with honorific titles and awards. The Sacred Order of Saint Sergius (Patron of the Ghassanids), The Sacred Order of Saint Michael Archangel (Patron of H.I.R.H. Prince Gharios)and the Sacred Order of Saint Quirinus of Rome (also known as a Ghassanid descendant).
Sovereign Imperial and Royal
House of Ghassan
312 S Beverly Dr., suite 6403
Beverly Hills - CA 90212 - USA
House of Ghassan
312 S Beverly Dr., suite 6403
Beverly Hills - CA 90212 - USA
IMPORTANT: Everything stated in this website is supported by vast literature (including encyclopedias), serious
websites, genealogic institutions and eminent scholars like The Patriarch Estephan Boutros El Douaihy (also Etienne
Douaihi, Stefano Douayhy, Istifan Ad Duwayhy, Stephane Al Doueihi), Father Aghnatious Khoury, Issa Iskander
Maalouf, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis, Professor Robert Hoyland, PhD., among others.
The Prince has the personal support for restoring the Ghassanid Dynasty from the eminent scholar YASMINE ZAHRAN, one of the greatest Historians in the world. The Legal Claim is based on the works of two of the greatest experts in Dynastic Law Dr. W. Baroni Santos and Dr. Mario Silvestre de Méroe.
The Prince has the personal support for restoring the Ghassanid Dynasty from the eminent scholar YASMINE ZAHRAN, one of the greatest Historians in the world. The Legal Claim is based on the works of two of the greatest experts in Dynastic Law Dr. W. Baroni Santos and Dr. Mario Silvestre de Méroe.
Before Anything...