Information about emirate

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Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah ; plural: إمارات, Imaraat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any Emir (prince, governor etc.).

As monarchies

Generally speaking, an emirate designates a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab Monarch styled emir. As most emirates have either disappeared, been integrated in a larger modern state or changed their rulers' styles, e.g. to Malik (Arabic for King) or Sultan, such true emirate-states have become rare.

An example of this use persists in the United Arab Emirates, a federal nation that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and PM.

As provinces

Furthermore, in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member (usually styled emir) of the royal family, as in Saudi Arabian governorates.

List of independent Emirates

List of former and integrated emirates

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The Emirate of Armenia
Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
Az Zubayr
Bahrain, became a kingdom in 2002
Emirate of Trarza, modern southwest Mauritania 1640s-1910s

• • [ e] Arabic terms for country subdivisions
muhafazah (محافظة) shabiyah (شعبية‎) dara (دائرة‎) baladiyah (بلدية) imarah (إمارة) wilayah (ولاية) liwa (لواء‎) qadaa (قضاء) mintaqah (منطقة) mudiriya (مديرية‎) nahiya (ناحية)

al-‘Arabiyyah in written Arabic (Kufic script):
Pronunciation: /alˌʕa.raˈbij.ja/
Spoken in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
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Emir (Arabic: أمير; amīr,
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Malik (Arabic: ملك ) is an Arabic word meaning "king". It has been adopted in various other, mainly Asian languages, and it is sometimes used in derived meanings. Malik is one of the names of Allah, "King" in the absolute sense.
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Sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the Arabic
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Motto
"God, Nation, President"
Anthem
Ishy Bilady

Capital
(and largest city) Abu Dhabi

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electoral college is a set of electors, who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect a candidate to a particular office. Often these electors represent a different organization or entity with each organization or entity by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted
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Emir (Arabic: أمير; amīr,
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Motto
"There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is His messenger" (the Shahadah)
Anthem
"Aash Al Maleek"
"Long live the King"
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Anthem
Al-Nasheed Al-Watani

Capital
(and largest city) Kuwait City

Official languages Arabic
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Anthem
As Salam al Amiri

Capital
(and largest city) Doha

Official languages Arabic
Demonym Qatari
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Motto
"God, Nation, President"
Anthem
Ishy Bilady

Capital
(and largest city) Abu Dhabi

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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan <ref name="Islamic" /> was the name given to the nation of Afghanistan by the Taliban during their rule, from 1996 to 2001. At the peak of their influence the Taliban never controlled the entire area of Afghanistan, as about 10% of
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By 637 A.D. Armenia emerged as an autonomous principality within the Arabic Empire under Caliph Umar, reuniting Armenian lands previously ruled by the Byzantine Empire as well. The principality was ruled by the Prince of Armenia, recognised by the Caliph and the Byzantine Emperor.
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Islamic Emirate of Waziristan (Urdu: اسلامی امارات وزیرستان ) is a rebel organization in Waziristan, Pakistan that some commentators claim gained de facto
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''For the Sahaba, see Zubayr ibn al-Awwam.

Az Zubayr (Arabic,الزبير )is a town in Iraq. The name is also sometimes written Az Zubair , Az Zubair, Zubair, El Zubair, or Zobier.
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Anthem
بحريننا
Bahrainona
Our Bahrain

Capital
(and largest city) Manama

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The Emirate of Trarza was a precolonial state in what is today southwest Mauritania, which has survived as a traditional confederation of semi-nomadic peoples to the present day. Its name is shared with the modern Region of Trarza.
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Motto
شرف إخاء عدل (Arabic)
"Honneur, Fraternité, Justice" (French)
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Country subdivision refers to the division of a country's territory for the sake of its administration, description or other such purpose. The resulting units of division are known generically as "country subdivisions".
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محافظة) shabiyah (شعبية‎) dara (دائرة‎) baladiyah (بلدية
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Shabiyah (Arabic: شعبية) (plural: Shabiyat, شعبيات) is a country subdivision of Libya.
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Dara is a name with more than one origin.

The origin most accepted is as a male name meaning "Pearl of Wisdom". However, it is often used in Ireland (and the United States), as either a male or a female given name, and it also occurs as a surname.
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Baladiyah (Arabic: بلدية) is an Arabic country subdivision term that can be translated as municipality.
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A wilāyah (Arabic: ولاية) or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division, usually translated as "province.
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Liwa (Arabic: لواء meaning "banner") is an Arabic name for a country subdivision.

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Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It should be operational by 2010.
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Mintaqah (Arabic: منطقة; plural manatiq Arabic: مناطق
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