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At first she was greeted by emir Bashir Shihab II, but over the years she gave sanctuary to hundreds of refugees of Druze inter-clan and inter-religious squabbles and earned his enmity.[citation needed] In her new setting, she wielded almost absolute authority over the surrounding districts and became the de facto ruler of the region.[3] Her control over the local population was enough to cause Ibrahim Pasha, when about to invade Syria in 1832, to seek her neutrality. Her supremacy was maintained by her commanding character, and by the belief that she possessed the gift of divination.[1] She kept up a correspondence with important people and received curious visitors who went out of their way to visit her.