amir

Example Sentences

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When the Taliban defense minister, Yaqoub — who is the son of the first amir, Mullah Omar — traveled to Doha in July, he met, unannounced, with West.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Final say belonged to the leadership shura, or council, based in the southern city of Kandahar and presided over by a supreme leader called the amir al momineen, or commander of the faithful.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Nur was a senior commander, or amir, and a close adviser to Shekau.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 20, 2018

President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the amir of Kuwait, on Sept. 13, 2013, in the Oval Office.

From US News • May 10, 2016

In Spain every amir tried to free himself from a suzerainty which appeared to him only nominal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various