When Haney Samaan was born about 1899, in Lebanon, her father, Bisharah Samaan, was 28 and her mother, Zehic Shaheen, was 28.
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After the League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, the State of Greater Lebanon is proclaimed. It includes the former autonomous province of Mount Lebanon, plus the provinces of north Lebanon, south Lebanon and the Biqa, historically part of Syria.
The Lebanese Representative Council approves a Constitution and the Lebanese Republic is declared.
Lebanon comes under the control of the Vichy French government.
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Kamel, Mousa, Nader, Adnan, Asaad, Ashraf, Ayoub, Azmi, Bahjat, Chawki, Ehsan, Fadel.
Arabic (Levant and Egypt): most likely a variant of Samman ‘butter-merchant’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Compare Semaan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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