Q: In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.
In Hama, he built the Azem Palace where he resided. As'ad Pasha succeeded his father as governor of Damascus in 1743. Throughout the first half of the 18th century, the Janissary corps in Damascus challenged the al-Azem family rule in Damascus, but in 1746, As'ad Pasha crushed the local Janissaries. This enabled _him_ to secure his authority in the city. <sep>, Pronoun: him <sep>, A: al-Azem <sep>, B: As'ad Pasha
A:
B