Amir
Emir (; ' (), also transliterated as amir, 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 ceremonial authority. The title has ...
is a title of rulers or military leaders in many Muslim countries, alternatively written as ''
Emir
Emir (; ' (), also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic language, Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocratic, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person po ...
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Amir or Ameer may also refer to:
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Amir (name)
Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir; (, , , ) is a masculine name of multi-lingual origin.
Meaning
In Arabic the name means prince or royal. The word originally meant 'commander (of army)'. It later became a title given to a ruler's son, and hence 'p ...
, people with the given name and surname Amir or Ameer
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Amir (singer)
Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad (; born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad () or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer-songwriter and actor. He took part in 2006 in the Israeli music competition ''Kokhav Nolad'', released his al ...
(born 1984), or Amir Haddad, Israeli-French singer
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Ameer (director)
Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, working in the Tamil film industry.
Early life and career
Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economi ...
, Indian film director
Places
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Amir, Israel Amir () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee Panhandle near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . The kibbutz is on the eastern bank of the Jordan River in ...
, a small community in northern Israel
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Æmir
Æmir (also, Emir) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern ...
, a village in Azerbaijan
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Amir, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran
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Amir, Sistan and Baluchestan
Amir (, also Romanized as Amīr; also known as Deh-e Amīr) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ( ...
, a village in Iran
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Amir-e Olya
Amir-e Olya (, also Romanized as AmÄ«r-e ‘OlyÄ) is a village in Qaleh-ye Mozaffari Rural District, in the Central District of Selseleh County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known ...
, a village in Iran
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Amir-e Sofla, a village in Iran
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Band-e Amir
Band-e Amir National Park (; ) is located in the central Bamyan Province of Afghanistan. It was established on 22 May 2009 as Afghanistan's first national park to promote and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes create ...
, a series of six deep blue lakes in Afghanistan
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Khan Amir, Lorestan, a village in Iran
Arts, Entertainment, and media
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''Ameer'' (film), a 1954 Indian film
* Amir, the main character in Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel ''
The Kite Runner
''The Kite Runner'' is the debut novel of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young Afghan boy from Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of tumul ...
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* Amir, a character in the television series ''
Succession
Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence.
Governance and politics
*Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...
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Ships
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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 escort carriers, supplied under L ...
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HMS ''Ameer'' (D01), a British warship
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SS ''Amir'', a Kuwaiti coastal tanker
Titles
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Amir al-Mu'minin
() or Commander of the Faithful is a Muslims, Muslim title designating the supreme leader of an Ummah, Islamic community.
Name
Although etymology, etymologically () is equivalent to English "commander", the wide variety of its historical an ...
, an Arabic title usually translated "Leader of the Faithful
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Amir Arsalan
''Amir Arsalan-e Namdar'' () 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 storyteller named Mohammad Ali Naqib ol-Mam ...
, the full title ''Amir Arsalan -e Namdar'', 19th-century popular Persian legend
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Amir (Iranian Army)
Amir (), previously known as Timsar (), is the Honorific, honorific title used for Officer (armed forces), officers of high rank, ranking Second brigadier general (Iran), 2nd Brigadier General and higher in the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. Th ...
, a title for high-ranking officers
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See also
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Amiri (disambiguation)
Amiri may refer to:
People
* Amiri (surname)
* Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer
Places
* Amiri, Bushehr, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
* Amiri-ye Olya, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
* Amiri-ye Sofla, a v ...
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Aamir (disambiguation)
Aamir may refer to:
*Emir, Islamic leader
* ''Aamir'' (film), a 2008 Indian film
* Aamir (given name), a given name
See also
*Amir (disambiguation)
*Almir (given name)
Almir is a male given name.
In the Balkans, Almir is popular among Bosniak ...
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Ameer (disambiguation)
Amir is a title of rulers or military leaders in many Muslim countries, alternatively written as ''Emir''.
Amir or Ameer may also refer to:
People
* Amir (name), people with the given name and surname Amir or Ameer
* Amir (singer) (born 1984), ...
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Emir (disambiguation)
Emir is a title of rulers or military leaders in many Muslim countries. Alternative spellings are ''Amir'' and ''Ameer''.
Emir may also refer to:
* ''Emir'' (film), a 2010 Philippine film
* Emir (grape), a grape variety of Turkey
* Emir (name)
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Amira (disambiguation)
Amira, Ameerah, or Ameera may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Amira (album), by Amira Willighagen, 2014
* ''Amira'' (film), a 2021 Jordanian film
People
* Amira (name), an Arabic and Hebrew female given name
* Amira (British singer)
* Ameera ...
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Ameera (disambiguation)
Ameera may refer to:
*, a US Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
* Ameera Ali Aziz, a character on the television drama ''As the World Turns''
* Ameera al-Taweel (born 1983), Saudi Arabian princess and philanthropist
*Ameera Lee
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Hammira (disambiguation)
Hammira is a Sanskritized form the Arabic title Emir, Amir, adopted as a given name by the early medieval Indian rulers. It may refer to:
* Hammiradeva (r. c. 1283-1301), a king of the Chahamana dynasty of north-western India
** Hammira Mahakavya, ...
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Ami (disambiguation)
AMI or Ami may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
*AMI (Romanian singer), a Romanian singer and songwriter
* AMI-tv, a Canadian TV channel
** AMI-télé, the French-language version
* AMI-audio, a Canadian audio broadcast TV service
*'' Ami M ...
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Admir
Admir is a male given name.
In the Balkans, Admir is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification to the name Amir, and it holds the same meanings of prince, ruler, commander, and chief.
Given name
* Admi ...
, a Bosnian given name
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Almir (given name)
Almir is a male given name.
In the Balkans, Almir is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslavia, Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification to the name Amir (name), Amir, and it holds the same meanings of prince, ruler, commander, and chi ...
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