0 ) ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁the ▁fri ars ▁of ▁Gh az ir , ▁which ▁was ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁h omet own , ▁and ▁they ▁employed ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁painting ▁instruct or ▁in ▁the ▁Gh az ir ▁Sem inary ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁Gh az ir ▁became ▁the ▁canvas ▁of ▁C orm ' s ▁early ▁works . ▁The ▁Gh az ir ▁Sem inary ▁was ▁also ▁where ▁historian ▁Henri ▁L amm ens ▁received ▁an ▁education , ▁and , ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁was ▁a ▁literary ▁retre at ▁for ▁French ▁historian ▁and ▁phil os opher ▁Ernest ▁Ren an . ▁The ▁French ▁writer ▁and ▁politician ▁Éd ou ard ▁Lock roy ▁spent ▁a ▁considerable ▁amount ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁Gh az ir ▁where ▁he ▁be fri ended ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁town ' s ▁residents . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁the ▁Gh az ir ▁Sem inary ▁was ▁re located ▁to ▁Be ir ut ▁and ▁renamed ▁the ▁Saint ▁Joseph ▁University ▁or ▁simply ▁the ▁" J es uit ▁College ". ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁a ▁municipality ▁was ▁established ▁to ▁admin ister ▁the ▁local ▁affairs ▁of ▁Gh az ir . ▁ ▁Modern ▁era ▁Gh az ir ▁remained ▁a ▁major ▁political ▁and ▁economic ▁center ▁in ▁Mount ▁Leb anon ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Mu za ff ar ▁P asha , ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁Mount ▁Leb anon ▁Mut as arr if ate , ▁built ▁a ▁second ▁ser ail