emir

(noun)

A title of high office used in a variety of places in the Muslim world.

Related Terms

  • mawali
  • vizier
  • Anatolia
  • Fatimid dynasty

Examples of emir in the following topics:

  • The Abbasid Empire

    • The Abbasids established the new position of vizier to delegate central authority, and delegated even greater authority to local emirs.
    • By 940 CE, however, the power of the caliphate under the Abbasids began waning as non-Arabs gained influence and the various subordinate sultans and emirs became increasingly independent.
    • The caliph himself was under "protection" of the Buyid Emirs, who possessed all of Iraq and western Iran, and were quietly Shi'a in their sympathies.
    • They operated under only nominal caliph authority, with emirs ruling their own provinces from their own capitals.
    • Mahmud of Ghazni took the title of "sultan," instead of "emir," signifying the Ghaznavid Empire's independence from caliphal authority, despite Mahmud's ostentatious displays of Sunni orthodoxy and ritual submission to the caliph.
  • The Mediterranean

    • By the end of the 14th century, a series of military victories by Christian monarchs had reduced Islamic Spain to the city of Granada, ruled by the Nasirid dynasty, who managed to maintain their hold until 1492, when they had to abandon the Alhambra, a complex of Islamic palaces built for the Muslim emirs in Spain .
  • The Last Byzantine Dynasty

    • In addition, the disintegration of the Byzantine Empire allowed the Bulgarians, the Serbs and the various Turcoman emirates of Anatolia to make gains.
  • Expansion Under the Umayyad Caliphates

    • However, although these vast areas may have recognized the supremacy of the caliph, de facto power was in the hands of local sultans and emirs.
  • The Third Crusade

    • On December 12 Saladin was forced by pressure from his emirs to disband the greater part of his army.
  • Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

    • In response to this challenge to its interests in the region, the U.S. felt obliged to defend its remaining allies, the conservative monarchies of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, and the Persian Gulf emirates.
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