Asir • عسير ('Asīr)

1830: Sheikhdom of (Lower) 'Asīr
1871: part of Ottoman Empire
1909: Emirate of 'Asīr • إمارة العسير (Imāratu al-'Asīr)
1914: independence
1915: Kamarān island sold to British
1916: annexion of Upper 'Asīr and al-Qunfudhah
1917: exchange of al-Qunfudhah with Hejaz for Farasān Is.
04.1919: annexion of al-Hudaydah and surroundings
08.1920: Upper 'Asīr under Saudi protectorate (annexed 1923)
21.10.1926: vassal of Nejd
20.11.1930: incorporated into Nejd (Saudi Arabia)

Area: 359,009 km²
Population: 750,000-1,000,000
Capital: Sabyâ
Official language: Arabic

Imams and Sheikhs:
1830-1838  Ahmad ibn Idrīs al-Hassani
1838-1889Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
1889-1904'Alī I ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
1904-1909Muhammad ibn 'Alī al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
Imams and Emirs:
1909-03.1923Muhammad ibn 'Alī al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
03.1923-02.1926'Alī ibn Muhammad al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
02.1926-20.11.1930  al-Hassan ibn 'Alī al-Idrīsi al-Hassani
Major wars & other armed conflicts

1908-1916: uprising and war against Ottoman Empire
No modern navy.

Flags

1909-1927:

1927-1930:
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