emir

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As Baibars said, his khushdashiya and his emir were all a Mameluke had He leaned closer to Baibars Whoever dishonors my lord Baibars deserves instant death at the hands of my lord's servant Baibars closed both eyes with a look of satisfaction Have I asked you to kill--anyone?"

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  1. noun A prince, chieftain, or governor, especially in the Middle East.

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  • The statement listed some of the aliases used, including "emir (prince) of the slaughterers," "mujahed (holy warrior) lion," "father of Islam" and "Chechen mujahed." —  IOL Technology
  • While corporate media have focused on last month's truce in Swat Valley, signed-off by the Zardari regime and the Army with the TTP's sociopathic "emir" Maulana Fazlullah, little mention has been made of the strategically far more critical agreement hammered out by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. —  Dissident Voice
  • In a further sign that stepped-up attacks are in the offing, Mullah Omar and the "emir" of the Afghan-Arab database of disposable Western intelligence assets, Osama bin Laden, demanded that allied jihadi outfits in North and South Waziristan "immediately stop their attacks on the Pakistani security forces," reported February 24. —  Dissident Voice
  • Dubai's emir, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, led the emirate's vast financial ambitions. —  ABC News: ABCNews
  • Dubai's emir, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum, led the emirate's vast financial ambitions. —  The Daily Star > News Feed
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  1. French émir, from Arabic 'amīr, commander, prince, from 'amara, to command; see אmr in Semitic roots.

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  1. Also written emeer, and, especially in ref. to present rulers having this title, ameer, amir; = D. G. Danish Swedish emir = French émir = Spanish emir, amir = Portuguese emir = Italian emiro, from Turk, āmir = Persian Hindustani amīr, from Arabic amīr, emīr, a commander, ruler, chief nobleman, prince: see ameer, and cf. admiral.
 

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