 Complete the following phrase:  Around 1590 Qurqumaz was succeeded by his eldest son Fakhr al-Din II as the muqaddam of all or part of the Chouf. Unlike his Manid predecessors, Fakhr al-Din cooperated with the Ottomans, who, though able to suppress Mount Lebanons local chiefs with massive force, were unable to pacify the region in the long term without local support. When the veteran general Murad Pasha was appointed beylerbey of Damascus, Fakhr al-Din hosted and gave him expensive gifts upon his arrival to Sidon in September 1593. Murad Pasha reciprocated by appointing him the sanjak-bey district governor, called amir liwa in Arabic sources of Sidon-Beirut in December. The Ottomans preoccupation with the wars against Safavid Iran 15781590; 16031618 and the 