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Al-Marsad Newspaper: Researcher and historian Dr. Muhammad Al-Zalfa revealed the person who assumed leadership in Asir after Ottoman withdrawal.
He said during an interview on the “In the Picture” program broadcast on the “Rotana Gulf” channel: “In the last days of the Ottomans, they said that the Asir region will not calm down unless we involve one of its sons in the government .”
He added: “Al-Hassan bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ayed was appointed the governor’s deputy, and when they retired, Al-Hassan bin Ali aspired to become the Emir of Asir, but the period was very short, between the his aspirations and the emergence of King Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him.
