Emirate
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Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah ; plural: إمارات, Imaraat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir (prince, governor etc.).
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[edit] As monarchies
Generally speaking, an emirate designates a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab Monarch styled emir. As most emirates have either disappeared, been integrated in a larger modern state or changed their rulers' styles, e.g. to Malik (Arabic for King) or Sultan, such true emirate-states have become rare.
An example of this use persists in the United Arab Emirates, a federal nation that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and PM.
[edit] As provinces
Furthermore, in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member (usually styled emir) of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates.
[edit] List of independent Emirates
[edit] List of former and integrated emirates
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- The Emirate of Armenia
- Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
- Az Zubayr
- Bahrain, became a kingdom in 2002
- Emirate of Trarza, modern southwest Mauritania 1640s-1910s
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ar:إمارة bg:Емирство ca:Emirat cs:Emirát de:Emirat es:Emirato id:Emirat it:Emirato mk:Емират nl:Emiraat ja:首長国 no:Emirat pl:Emirat pt:Emirado ru:Эмират sk:Emirát sl:Emirat fi:Emiraatti sv:Emirat uk:Емірат
