Amir

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Amir is a noble and military title historically used across the Islamic world, often denoting a commander, prince, or high-ranking leader.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amir canonical 19
Amir (personal name) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific
military title
noble title
broaderConcept military rank
title of nobility
contrastedWith Caliph
Sultan
denotesRank high-ranking leader
military commander
prince
genderForm masculine
hasDerivedGivenName Amir self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amir (personal name)
hasEtymologicalOrigin Arabic
surface form: Arabic language
hasFunction courtly rank
military leadership
provincial governance
hasMeaning commander
leader
prince
hasPluralForm Umara
historicallyUsedBy Muslim rulers
military commanders
provincial governors
isTitleFor male person
languageOfOriginCode ar
relatedTitle Amir al-Bahr
Amir al-Mu’minin
surface form: Amir al-Mu'minin
semanticField authority
military command
nobility
transliterationVariant Amr
surface form: Ameer

Amir self-link
Emirs
surface form: Emir
typeOfNobility appointed title
hereditary title
usedIn Islamic world
usedInCourtCulture Sharia Courts
surface form: Islamic courts
usedInHistoricalPolity Caliphates
Emirates
Sultanates
usedInRegion Central Asia
Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
usedInReligionContext Islam
usedSinceCentury 7th century
writtenInArabicScript أمير

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timur claimedTitle Amir
Amir transliterationVariant Amir self-link
Amir hasDerivedGivenName Amir self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amir (personal name)
Mir relatedTitle Amir
Khudayar Khan title Amir
Amir Pnueli givenName Amir
Emirs hasTitleVariant Amir
Amir Peretz givenName Amir
Amir hasGivenName Amir
Baha al-Din Sam I title Amir
General A. A. K. Niazi givenName Amir
subject surface form: A. A. K. Niazi
Nasr II title Amir
Nuh I title Amir