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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra (group)
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra is a Belgrade garage rock band formed from the Bosnian band Zabranjeno pušenje and led by filmmaker Emir Kusturica from 1999.
Emir of Qatar
Emir of Qatar: hereditary monarch and head of state from the Al Thani dynasty, ruling since the mid-19th century. Current emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (since 2013) holds legislative and executive powers, appoints the government, and directs Qatar's mediation foreign policy.
Emir Rodríguez Monegal
Emir Rodríguez Monegal was a Uruguayan literary critic and editor who shaped the Latin American boom and taught Latin American literature at Yale from 1969 until his death in 1985.
Emirate
Emirate: a territory ruled by an emir, from the Arabic amir. Historical examples include the Meccan emirate under sharifian rule; today the term names the seven member states of the UAE federation, each with its own ruler and local government.
Emirate of Abd al-Qadir
The Emirate of Abd al-Qadir (إمارة عبد القادر) was a state founded in western Algeria in 1832, when tribes proclaimed Abd al-Qadir amir to resist French conquest.
Emirate of Abu Dhabi (إمارة أبوظبي)
Emirate of Abu Dhabi (إمارة أبوظبي), largest of the seven UAE emirates, ruled by the Al Nahyan family; Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is Ruler and UAE President. Oil found 1958, federation 1971.
Emirate of Afghanistan
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823/1826–1926), ruled by the Barakzai dynasty from Dost Mohammad Khan to Amanullah Khan; survived Anglo-Afghan wars, gained independence in 1919, became a kingdom in 1926.
Emirate of Ajman (إمارة عجمان)
The Emirate of Ajman (إمارة عجمان) is the smallest of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates, founded in 1803 and governed by the Al Nuaimi family.
Emirate of Brakna
The Emirate of Brakna, also known as the Emirate of Awlad Abdallah, was a Hassani Arab emirate in southern Mauritania from the late 17th century until French occupation in 1904.
Emirate of Bukhara (امارت بخارا)
Emirate of Bukhara (امارت بخارا), Manghit-ruled Central Asian state, 1747/1785–1920, capital Bukhara; Russian protectorate from 1868, abolished by the Red Army in 1920 for the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.
Emirate of Crete
The Emirate of Crete (Arabic: Iqrīṭish) was an independent Islamic state on Crete, founded by Andalusian exiles under Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi and ended by the Byzantine reconquest of 961.
Emirate of Cyrenaica
The Emirate of Cyrenaica (إمارة برقة) was a Senussi-ruled state in eastern Libya, proclaimed independent by Idris al-Senussi in 1949 and absorbed into Libya in 1951.
Emirate of Derbent
The Emirate of Derbent (Darband) was an independent medieval state centered on the city of Derbent on the western Caspian shore, ruled by the local Arab Hashimid dynasty from 869 into the 13th century.
Emirate of Dubai (إمارة دبي)
Emirate of Dubai (إمارة دبي), one of seven UAE emirates, ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty since 1833; joined the UAE federation in 1971. Ruled by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister; service economy led by trade, tourism, and the DIFC.
Emirate of Granada (إمارة غرناطة)
Emirate of Granada (إمارة غرناطة), also the Nasrid kingdom, was the last Islamic state in Iberia, 1238–1492, founded by Muhammad Ibn Nasr, a Castilian tributary ruled by 23 sultans until Boabdil's surrender.
Emirate of Gwandu
The Emirate of Gwandu, also known as Gando, was the western division of the Sokoto Caliphate, assigned to Abdullahi dan Fodio, brother of founder Usman dan Fodio.
Emirate of Harar
The Emirate of Harar (هرر) was an independent Muslim city-state in what is now Ethiopia, founded in 1647 and conquered by Ethiopian forces in January 1887.
Emirate of Jabal Shammar (إمارة جبل شمر)
The Emirate of Jabal Shammar (إمارة جبل شمر), also called the Emirate of Ha'il or of Al Rashid, was a Rashidi-ruled emirate in northern Najd, dominant in Central Arabia after the 1891 Battle of Mulayda, until Ibn Saud captured Ha'il in 1921.
Emirate of Muhammara
Emirate of Muhammara (إمارة المحمرة), also Mohammerah shaikhdom: Arab Banu Ka'b-ruled polity at present-day Khorramshahr, Iran, autonomous under Persian suzerainty from 1847, ruled by Shaikh Khaz'al 1897–1925, suppressed by Reza Khan in 1924–25.
Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, historically Julfar, one of the seven emirates of the UAE ruled by the Al Qasimi family; last to join the federation, on February 10, 1972.
Emirate of Sharjah
Emirate of Sharjah (الشارقة), a founding member emirate of the United Arab Emirates since 1971, ruled by Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi; its Executive Council (est. 1999) oversees an economy of 19 industrial areas and AED 44.5 billion 2026 budget.
Emirate of Soran
The Emirate of Soran (سوران) was a Kurdish emirate centered on Rawanduz, ruled by 24 emirs over 600 years and suppressed by the Ottomans in 1836.
Emirate of Tagant
The Emirate of Tagant was a precolonial Moorish polity in central Mauritania and the only emirate ruled by the Berber-descended Idaw'ish, until the French conquest of 1905.
Emirate of Tbilisi
The Emirate of Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისის საამირო; Arabic: إمارة تفليسي) was a Muslim emirate ruled from Tbilisi under Arab Caliphate suzerainty until David IV took the city in 1122.
Emirate of Transjordan (إمارة شرق الأردن)
Emirate of Transjordan (إمارة شرق الأردن), the Hashemite emirate founded 11 April 1921 under British Mandate rule of Emir Abdullah I, distinguished from the later Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan proclaimed at full independence on 25 May 1946.
Emirate of Trarza
The Emirate of Trarza (إمارة الترارزة) was a precolonial Moorish state ruling southwest Mauritania for roughly three centuries, its power built on the gum arabic trade until the French conquest of 1902.
Emirate system of Sokoto
The emirate system of Sokoto (Masarautu) was the arrangement of emirates that made up the Sokoto Caliphate, each ruled by an emir under the Sultan of Sokoto.
Emirates (airline)
Emirates, also known as Fly Emirates, is the flag carrier airline of Dubai, founded in 1985. It flies 53.2 million passengers to 152 cities in 80 countries.
Emirates Aluminum Smelter Complex power station
The Emirates Aluminum Smelter Complex power station is a natural gas-fired captive power plant at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi, supplying the EMAL aluminum smelter.
Emirates Club (نادي الإمارات)
Emirates Club (نادي الإمارات), founded 1969 in Ras al-Khaimah from a merger of Oman FC and Al-Qadisia FC, is a UAE football club playing in the First Division; winners of the 2009-10 President's Cup and 2021-22 League Cup, relegated from the Pro League in 2024.