Emirate

Etymology

Etymologically emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة‎ imārah, plural: إمارات imārāt) is the quality, dignity, office, or territorial competence of any emir (prince, commander, governor, etc.). In English, the term is pronounced /ˈɛmərət, -ɪər-, -ɪt, -eɪt/ or /ɛˈmɪərət, -ɪt, -eɪt, iˈ-/ in British English and /ˈɛmərət/ or /ɪˈmɪərət/ in American English.[2]

As monarchies

The United Arab Emirates is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and Prime Minister. 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.

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 present emirates

A list of present independent emirates:

List of former and integrated emirates

A list of emirates that have either ceased to exist, are not recognized and hold no real power, or were integrated into another country and preserved as "traditional states" arranged by location and in order of the date of the first leader styled "emir."

Africa

Nigeria

North Africa
  • Ifriqiya under the Hafsids
  • Trarza (upper left)
  • Cyrenaica in Libya

Asia

Arabia
  • Beihan and Dhala in South Arabia
  • Diriyah
  • Nejd
  • Jabal Shammar
  • Asir at its height
  • Bahrain
  • Saudi Arabian emirate divisions

Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
  • Bukhara
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Khotan in modern China
  • Waziristan in Pakistan

Near East
  • Ottoman emirate in 1300, labeled 'Osman'
  • Timurid Emirate under the leadership of Timur
  • Soran (at center)
  • Transjordan

Europe

Caucasus
  • Darband, Azerbaijan
  • Armenia

Iberia
  • Córdoba
  • Badajoz
  • Granada

Mediterranean region
  • Crete within modern Greece
  • Sicily (at bottom)
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See also

References
  1. "The definition of emirate". Dictionary.com.
  2. Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
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