Hafez al-Assad's father Ali Sulayman al-Assad, who was born in 1875, inherited many similar characteristics of his own father and became well-respected among the locals.
والد حافظ الأسد علي سليمان الأسد، الذي ولد في عام 1875، ورث الكثير من خصائص والده وأصبح يحظى باحترام كبير بين السكان المحليين.