amir

• The source said the organization chose the prominent Yemeni figure Abo al-Basir as the amir —  Yemen Observer
• The deputy-amir, Abo Sufian al-Shihri was released from Guantanamo about ten months ago, and fled to Yemen across the long Saudi border, which is difficult to control. —  Yemen Observer
• They are under the authority of the king of Persia, and he raises a tribute from them through the hands of his officer, and the tribute which they pay every year by way of poll tax is one gold amir, which is equivalent to one and one-third maravedi. —  The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
• 294 The difference between xariff or sariff and amir is this: the former is given to the blood successors of Mahomet, and the latter to those who maintain his religious faith.--Selden, Titles of Honor_, vi. —  Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
• Here we have nothing but death But we have death also at the amir, and a more terrible one," said I If you kill the athalebs," said Layelah, "I will give Almah the blessing of death At this I recoiled in horror, and my resolution again gave way You have some mysterious power of conferring death," continued Layelah, "with what Almah calls your sepet-ram; but do not kill the athalebs, for it will do you no good. —  A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

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