amir

Example Sentences

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As the Taliban’s chief of aviation during the ’90s, Mansour traveled abroad to countries like Germany and, as amir, proved to be a pragmatic leader who authorized negotiations with the Americans.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Final say belonged to the leadership shura, or council, based in the southern city of Kandahar and presided over by a supreme leader called the amir al momineen, or commander of the faithful.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the amir of Kuwait, on Sept. 13, 2013, in the Oval Office.

From US News • May 10, 2016

He doesn’t really do ugly, Uzzie. amir getting movement away from him, and I’d shove a second gripper in.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016

No help was to be found in Spain, and with inward misgivings, no doubt, the Abbadite amir called on the Almoravides of Africa to uphold the cause of Islam.

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)