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Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari (Arabic: عاصي بن الشريم الشمري) (c. 1854–1937) was an Arab leader of the powerful Shammar tribe and the grandfather of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the Abde section of the Shammar tribe.[1][2] He was a former tribal chief[3] and the sheikh of the southern part of the tribe.[4]

Asi's daughter Fahda married the tenth Al Rashid emir, Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid.[5] After Emir Saud was assassinated, she remarried to Abdulaziz, later king of Saudi Arabia.[6] She was the eighth spouse of Abdulaziz.[7] She was one of the two Al Rashid women married to him.[5] She was the mother of Abdulaziz and Mishaal by her first marriage as well as King Abdullah,[8] Princess Nouf and Princess Seeta by her second marriage.[9]

Asi became one of the most prominent supporters of King Abdulaziz.[10] He joined his forces in several battles during the formation of Saudi Arabia, including the Battle of Sabilla in 1929.[10] He died in 1937.[11]

References

  1. ^ "The Man at the Center: Saudi Crown Prince 'Abdullah". The Estimate. XV (2). 25 January 2002. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008.
  2. ^ Sultan Al Qassemi (1 February 2012). "Tribalism in the Arabian Peninsula: It Is a Family Affair". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ Talal Kapoor (22 November 2010). "King Abdallah's Hospitalization - Succession Endgame?". Datarabia. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ Talal Kapoor (8 June 2012). "Nayif's Departure: Spring Cleaning In The Royal Court". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b Madawi Al Rasheed (1991). Politics in an Arabian Oasis. The Rashidis of Saudi Arabia. New York: I. B. Tauirs & Co. Ltd. ISBN 9781860641930.
  6. ^ Mark Weston (2008). Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-470-18257-4.
  7. ^ Saudi Arabia Handbook. Int'l Business Publications. 2005. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7397-2740-9.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Winberg Chai, ed. (2005). Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader. Indianapolis, IN: University of Indianapolis Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-88093-859-4.
  9. ^ "Family Tree of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faysal Al Saud". Datarabia. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  10. ^ a b Kholoud Al Abdullah (23 September 2014). "سعوديات خلدهن التاريخ". Rouge Magazine (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  11. ^ الوطيان, عبد الله بن زايد (1998). رجال في الذاكرة: سير ذاتية لبعض رجال نجد المعاصرين، الجزء الأول (in Arabic). السعودية. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9960-34-311-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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