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 ce ...

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) Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir; ar, اَمير) is an Arabic masculine name. The name comes from the same root as the word emir. In Arabic the name means prince. The word originally meant "Commander (of army)". It later became a title given to ...

, people with the given name and surname Amir or Ameer *

Amir (singer) Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( he, לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד, born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad ( he, עמיר חדד), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 ...

(born 1984), or Amir Haddad, Israeli-French singer

Places

Amir, Israel Amir ( he, עָמִיר, ''lit.'' Sheaf) 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 e ...

, a small community in northern Israel *

Əmir Əmir (also, Emir) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located a ...

, a village in Azerbaijan *

Amir, East Azerbaijan Amir ( fa, امير, also Romanized as Amīr; also known as Amīrābād and Amīr Qeshlaq) is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isl ...

, a village in Iran *

Amir, Sistan and Baluchestan Amir ( fa, امير, 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 R ...

, a village in Iran *

Amir-e Olya Amir-e Olya ( fa, اميرعليا, also Romanized as Amīr-e ‘Olyā) 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 ...

, a village in Iran *

Amir-e Sofla Amir-e Sofla ( fa, اميرسفلي, also Romanized as Amīr-e Soflá; also known as Amīr, Amīrī-ye Pā’īn, Sarāb-e Amīr, and Sarāb-i-Amīr) is a village in Qaleh-ye Mozaffari Rural District, in the Central District of Selseleh County, L ...

, 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 Khan Amir ( fa, خان امير, also Romanized as Khān Amīr and Khān Mīr) is a village in Shirvan Rural District, in the Central District of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of I ...

, 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 ...

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

Ships

* Ameer class escort carrier * 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

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