amir

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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

Nur was a senior commander, or amir, and a close adviser to Shekau.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 20, 2018

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

The amir was away from his capital settling the affairs of his newly acquired territory; Nolde therefore, after a short halt at Hail, journeyed on to Ibn Rashid’s camp somewhere in the neighbourhood of Shakra.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various