amir

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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

On July 1st, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which had long recognized Mullah Omar as its amir, issued a public statement asserting that Mullah Omar was dead and shifting its allegiance to the Islamic State.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2015

A negro may become a sheik, a kadi, an amir, or whatever his industry and his talents may render him capable of being.

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