: a ruler, chief, or commander in Islamic countries
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While President Biden, President-elect Trump, and Qatar’s emir announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed beginning the internal Israeli process of approving the deal.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Following the massacre, al Nusra appointed a new emir for the area, Abu Qatada al-Iraqi (not to be confused with ISIS' emir in Mosul).
—Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015
The Gulf has emirs, crown princes, and kings who flatter him.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.
—Victoria Eastwood, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Following the massacre, al Nusra appointed a new emir for the area, Abu Qatada al-Iraqi (not to be confused with ISIS' emir in Mosul).
—Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015
The Gulf has emirs, crown princes, and kings who flatter him.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.
—Victoria Eastwood, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emir. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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emir
noun
i-ˈmi(ə)r 
ā-
: a ruler, chief, or commander in Islamic countries
Etymology
from Arabic amīr "commander"
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