As the Al Ayedh attempted to expand into the Tihama lowlands (present-day Jizan Province), the Ottoman Turks felt provoked to invade and occupy the highlands, where they established a "mutasarrifiyya" (a sub-governorate) attached to the Vilayet of Yemen.
As the Al Ayedh attempted to expand into the Tihama lowlands (present-day Jizan Province), the Ottoman Turks felt provoked to invade and occupy the highlands. They defeated and executed the leader of Al Ayedh in 1872 and established a "mutasarrifiyya" (a sub-governorate) Abha attached to the Vilayet of Yemen.