In the year 1144, fighting erupted between the Christians in the North Lebanon regions of Jbeil and Keserwan districts.

The king Barquq (الملك الظاهر برقوق) took the opportunity and ordered an invasion of that Christian dominated area.

The Tanukhs (also called Buhturs) where the Druze hereditary lords of the Gharb (area surrounding Beirut).

The area surrounding Bdadoun remained under autonomous Ottoman rule until the end of World War I.

They found an uninviting land made of mostly rocky landscape strewn with oaks, wild figs, vines and some olive trees.