Amir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...

is a title of rulers or military leaders in many Muslim countries, alternatively written as ''

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...

''. Amir or Ameer may also refer to:

People

* Amir (name), people with the given name and surname Amir or Ameer * Amir (singer) (born 1984), or Amir Haddad, Israeli-French singer

Places

* Amir, Israel, a small community in northern Israel * Əmir, a village in Azerbaijan * Amir, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran * Amir, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Iran * Amir-e Olya, a village in Iran * Amir-e Sofla, a village in Iran *

Band-e Amir __NOTOC__ Band-e Amir National Park ( fa, بند امیر) Afghanistan established its first national park on April 22, 2009, to promote and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes created by natural dams high in the Hindu ...

, a series of six deep blue lakes in Afghanistan * Khan Amir, Lorestan, a village in Iran

Arts, Entertainment, and media

* ''Ameer'' (film), a 1954 Indian film * Amir, the main character in Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel ''

The Kite Runner ''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of ...

'' * Amir, a character in the television series '' Succession''

Ships

Ameer class escort carrier The ''Ruler'' class of escort aircraft carriers served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. All twenty-three ships were built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation in the United States as ''Bogue''-class escort carriers, s ...

* HMS ''Ameer'' (D01), a British warship * SS ''Amir'', a Kuwaiti coastal tanker

Titles

Amir al-Mu'minin Amir al-Mu'minin ( ar, أَمِير ٱلْمُؤْمِنِين, amīr al-muʾminīn) is an Arabic title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community. It is usually translated as "Commander of the Faithful", though sometimes also as "Prin ...

, an Arabic title usually translated "Leader of the Faithful *

Amir Arsalan ''Amir Arsalan-e Namdar'' ( fa, امیر ارسلان نامدار) is a popular Persian epic, which was told to Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, the Qajar Shah of Persia in the 19th century (though the Persian legend itself is much older), by a storytel ...

, the full title ''Amir Arsalan -e Namdar'', 19th-century popular Persian legend *

Amir (Iranian Army) Amir ( fa, امير), previously known as Timsar ( fa, تيمسار), is the honorific title used for officer of high rank, ranking 2nd Brigadier General and higher in the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The title is also used to address Law ...

, a title for high-ranking officers

People

Places

Arts, Entertainment, and media

Ships

Titles

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