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Al Aidh Emirate of Asir

Emirate of the Aal Aidh (Al Aidh) family in the Asir highlands of southwestern Arabia between the Hejaz and Yemen, founded in 1833 with its capital at Abha, which fought repeated wars against Ottoman and Egyptian forces garrisoned in Arabia.

Overtaken by the Ottomans, who made a descendant of the founding line governor of Abha in 1911; the emirate ended in 1919 and Asir was subsequently annexed by Ibn Saud into what became Saudi Arabia.

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Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Al Aidh Emirate' - founded 1833 by Aidh bin Mar'i al-Yazidi, capital Abha, wars with the Ottomans, territories reaching Ta'if and Yemen, ended 1919 and annexed by Ibn Saud
• Wikipedia, 'Aidh bin Mar'i al-Yazidi' - first Emir of the Al Aidh Emirate of Asir, corroborating the founding line and Ottoman conflict
• Wikidata Q85800761 ('Al Aidh Emirate') - entity identity, distinct from the later Idrisid Emirate of Asir (Q1656908)
• Great Britain, Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division, 'A Handbook of Arabia, Vol. I: General' (I.D. 1128), ch. on Asir, p. 140: 'the whole country from Dhahran almost to Ta'if was in the hands of the ruling family of Beni Mugheid, whose capital was Manadhir, or Ibha as it is now called.'
• Ibid., p. 140: 'The Emir at the time of the Egyptian expedition in 1834 was 'A'idh ibn Mura'i who, with the help of his sturdy hillmen, succeeded in defeating the invaders.'
• Ibid., p. 140: 'in the next year Mukhtar Pasha ... invaded and subdued Asir ... The house of 'A'idh, though deprived of much of its former glory, is still important, and Hasan ibn 'Ali, the present head, is Vali or Turkish Civil Governor of Asir.'