Idrisid Emirate of Asir

Idrisid Emirate of Asir
إمارة عسير الإدريسية
Emirate
1906–1934
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Capital		Sabya
Political structure		Emirate
History
•	Established	1906
•	Disestablished	1934
Preceded by Succeeded by Ottoman Empire Saudi Arabia Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

The Idrisid Emirate of Asir was a short-lived state located on the Arabian Peninsula. The Emirate was located in the geographical region of Jizan in what is now southwestern Saudi Arabia. The authority of the Emir was restricted to a strip of the Tihamah some 80 mi (129 km) long and extending about 40 mi (64 km) inland to the scarp of highland Asir, with Sabya as capital and Jizan and Midi as ports.^[1]

The Emirate was established by Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi in rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. It gained the support of Great Britain during the First World War,^[2] and flourished until the death of Sayyid Muhammad in 1920. It was gradually absorbed into the new state of Saudi Arabia and formally annexed by that kingdom under the Treaty of Taif in 1934.

Maps of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir
1872–1915  1915–1916  1916–1923  1923–1934

References

1.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Arabia". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York.
2.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Idrisi". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York.

External links

• R.L. Headley, ʿAsīr, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
• A. K. Bang, The Idrisi State of Asir 1906-1934: Politics, Religion and Personal Prestige as State-building factors in early twentieth century Arabia, Bergen Studies on the Middle East and Africa (1996)
• J. Reissner, Die Idrīsīden in ʿAsīr. Ein historischer Überblick, Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Bd. 21, Nr. 1/4 (1981), pp. 164–192. At JSTOR.
• I. Ghanem, The Legal History of 'A Sir (Al-Mikhlaf Al-Sulaymani), Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 211–214. At JSTOR.