emir

Example Sentences

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With Noem’s attention focused on her need to travel in the style of a Persian Gulf emir, the actual administration of the department has suffered.

From Salon

He says each wing of the prison has an emir, or leader, who issues fatwas - rulings on points of Islamic law.

From BBC

“It’s not like al Qaeda or ISIS, where you have a command or an emir in charge giving orders,” Hoffman said.

From Los Angeles Times

As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in California, more than 8,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times

She is expected to be at the farewells to the emir on Wednesday.

From BBC