 Complete the following phrase:  Taif did not remain in Hashemite hands for very long. Tensions between the King of the Hejaz, Husayn ibn Ali, and Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Emir of Nejd and Hasa, soon broke out into violence. Although hostilities subsided in 1919, by September 1924, the then Saudi-sponsored Ikhwan militia, under the leadership of Sultan bin Bajad and Khaled bin Luwai, was ready to attack Taif. The city was supposed to have been defended by the kings son, Ali, but he fled in panic with his troops. Three hundred of Alis men were slain by the Ikhwan in what became known as the Taif massacre. In 1926, Abdulaziz al-Saud was officially recognized as the new King of Hejaz. Taif remained a part of the Kingdom of Hejaz until Abdulaziz al-Saud unified his two kingdoms and 