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
A negro may become a sheik, a kadi, an amir, or whatever his industry and his talents may render him capable of being.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
