,
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi , Emir of
Bukhara, taken in 1911 by
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky • The monarchs of
Qatar and
Kuwait are currently titled emir. • All members of the
House of Saud have the title of
emir (prince). • The
caliphs first used the title
Amir al-Muminin or "Commander of the Faithful", stressing their leadership over the Islamic empire, especially over the militia. The title has been assumed by various other
Muslim rulers, including
sultans and emirs. For
Shia Muslims, they still give this title to the Caliph
Ali as
Amir al-Muminin. • The
Abbasid (in theory still universal) Caliph
Al-Radi created the post of
Amir al-Umara ("Amir of the Amirs") for
Ibn Raik; the title was used in various Islamic monarchies; see below for military use. In Iraq, the direct descendants of previous Emirs from the largest tribes who ruled the kingdoms before modern statehood, use the title of
Sheikh or Prince as the progeny of royalty. • Formerly in
Lebanon, the ruling emir formally used the style
al-Amir al-Hakim, specifying it was still the ruler's title. The title was held by
Druze and
Christians as well. • The word
emir is also used less formally for leaders in certain contexts. For example, the leader of a group of
pilgrims to
Mecca is called an
amir al-hajj, a title sometimes used by ruling princes (as a mark of Muslim piety) which is sometimes awarded in their name. Where an adjectival form is necessary, "emiral" suffices. •
Amirzade, the son (hence the Persian patronymic suffix
-zade) of a prince, hence the Persian princely title
mirza. • The
traditional rulers of the predominantly Muslim northern regions of
Nigeria are known as emirs, while the titular sovereign of their now defunct empire is formally styled as the
Sultan of Sokoto, Amir-al-Muminin (or
Sarkin Musulmi in the
Hausa language). • The temporal leader of the
Yazidi people is known as an emir or prince. •
Afghanistan under the government of the
Taliban is officially an emirate, with the
leader of the Taliban bearing the title . • The Emir of
al-Qaeda, a global pan-Islamist militant organization •
Amīr al-Baḥr (, "commander of the sea"), a position in the
Fatimid navy, is frequently
mistaken as the
etymological origin of the English
admiral, the French '''', and similar terms in other European languages. originally in reference to the "
amirs al-umara" of
Norman Sicily. • The Constitution of
Morocco uses the term
Amir al-Mu'minin as the principal title of the King of Morocco, as a means to showcase the hegemonic role and Islamic legitimacy of the Monarch. == Military ranks and titles ==