Definition of emir
: a ruler, chief, or commander in Islamic countries
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But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf.
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In line to be the next emir of Qatar, Jassim had renounced the throne to focus on his true passion, soccer.
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At a second reception held on April 7 in honor of the Qatari emir, Rudy Giuliani —a lawyer whose consulting firm has worked for Qatar—mingled with other business executives and investors in attendance, according to people familiar with the event.
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Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz was among those invited, later writing that his visit to Qatar was paid for by the emir and commending Qatar for welcoming Israeli athletes to tournaments there.
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Designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Rem Koolhaas, the library was opened by Qatar’s emir and his parents, who started the project in 2012.
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In a phone call last week, Trump credited the emir with working to counter terror financing and extremism.
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Over the past year, the emir has spent millions of dollars hiring lobbyists and flying influential American power brokers to Qatar in a charm offensive to win over the Trump administration — and deflate his rivals’ efforts to dethrone him.
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Sory’s work, seen today, seems to beckon across the gulf of time to a past all but lost, a past mired in legends of emirs and mansas and griots, a past that reforms into an ever-evolving and frenetic present.
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Origin and Etymology of emir
Arabic amīr commander
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Definition of emir for English Language Learners
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: a ruler, chief, or commander in an Islamic country
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