amir

Again, who is going to make friends with the Amir of Afghanistan and try his luck?

This monarch, the son of the first Abbadite amir, could do other things than make verses.

Akhbar will be supported by his brothers—the sons, that is to say, of his own mother as well as of the Amir.

One night the Hazarahs stole twenty of the Amir's horses, which greatly reduced the numbers of his little escort.

Here also were the Amir's palace and the houses of many of his highest nobles.

The Amir's nobles and officials paid frequent return visits of ceremony or friendship.

The Amir's exultation at again ascending his throne knew no bounds.

About thirteen years ago he quarrelled with the Amir and raised the Mohmands against him.

The son of a noted warrior, he quickly rose to supreme power, becoming sultan or amir in 1525.

All human males, from babes in the arms of his wives to the gray-bearded Amir himself, lay where they had fallen.