amir

Example Sentences

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When the Taliban defense minister, Yaqoub — who is the son of the first amir, Mullah Omar — traveled to Doha in July, he met, unannounced, with West.

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

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

Nor has any one, the pasha himself or the amir and the military, when present, excepted, any acknowledged authority or general control in the pilgrim-caravans; nor is there any orderly subdivision of management or service.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various