Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari

{{Short description|Arabian Shammar tribe chief (1854–1937)}}

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| issue = Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim Al Shammari

| father = Kulayb bin Hamdan bin Shuraim Al Shammari

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| birth_date = c. 1854

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| death_date = {{death year and age|1937|1854}}

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| house = Al Rashid

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Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari ({{langx|ar|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.{{cite journal|title=The Man at the Center: Saudi Crown Prince 'Abdullah|journal=The Estimate|date=25 January 2002|url=http://www.theestimate.com/public/012502c.html|url-status=dead|volume=XV|issue=2|archive-date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821102252/http://www.theestimate.com/public/012502c.html}}{{cite news|author=Sultan Al Qassemi

|title=Tribalism in the Arabian Peninsula: It Is a Family Affair|access-date=16 April 2013|work=Jadaliyya|date=1 February 2012

|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4198/}} He was a former tribal chief{{cite web|author=Talal Kapoor|title=King Abdallah's Hospitalization - Succession Endgame?|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewCommentary.do?id=25002&pageNum=2|work=Datarabia|access-date=8 June 2012|date=22 November 2010}} and the sheikh of the southern part of the tribe.{{cite web|author=Talal Kapoor|title=Nayif's Departure: Spring Cleaning In The Royal Court|work=Datarabia|access-date=10 June 2012|date=8 June 2012

|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/home.do;jsessionid=70AD079602B157A59264B8CD3893B7C0}}

Asi's daughter Fahda married the tenth Al Rashid emir, Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid. After Emir Saud was assassinated, she was married to Abdulaziz, who later became king of Saudi Arabia.{{cite book|author=Mark Weston

|title=Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEEFsVYLko4C&pg=PA129|year=2008

|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-18257-4|page=169|location=Hoboken, NJ}} She was the eighth spouse of Abdulaziz.{{cite book|title=Saudi Arabia Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ANjPlynZ9SEC&pg=PA28|year=2005|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-2740-9|page=28}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was one of the two Al Rashid women married to him.{{cite book|author=Madawi Al Rasheed|author-link=Madawi al-Rasheed|title=Politics in an Arabian Oasis. The Rashidis of Saudi Arabia|year=1991|publisher=I. B. Tauirs & Co. Ltd.|location=New York|isbn=9781860641930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHcXTwVhi34C&pg=PR9}} She was the mother of Abdulaziz and Mishaal by her first marriage as well as King Abdullah,{{cite book|editor=Winberg Chai|title=Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh4bENPP_HEC&pg=PA193|year=2005

|publisher=University of Indianapolis Press|isbn=978-0-88093-859-4|page=193|location=Indianapolis, IN}} Princess Nouf and Princess Seeta by her second marriage.{{cite web|title=Family Tree of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faysal Al Saud|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/famtree.do?id=175926|work=Datarabia|access-date=5 May 2012}}

Asi became one of the most prominent supporters of King Abdulaziz.{{cite news|author=Kholoud Al Abdullah|title=سعوديات خلدهن التاريخ|url=http://www.rougemagz.com/2014/09/23/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE/|access-date=7 August 2022|work=Rouge Magazine|date=23 September 2014|language=ar|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514065719/http://www.rougemagz.com/2014/09/23/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE/|url-status=usurped}} He joined his forces in several battles during the formation of Saudi Arabia, including the Battle of Sabilla in 1929. He died in 1937.{{cite book|last=الوطيان|first=عبد الله بن زايد|year=1998|title=رجال في الذاكرة: سير ذاتية لبعض رجال نجد المعاصرين، الجزء الأول|location=السعودية|pages=30–31|isbn=9960-34-311-1|language=ar}}