Amir is a title of rulers or military leaders in many Muslim countries, alternatively written as ''

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

''. Amir or Ameer may also refer to:

People

Amir (name) Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir; ar, اَمير) is an Arabic masculine name. The name comes from the same root as the word emir. In Arabic the name means prince. The word originally meant "Commander (of army)". It later became a title given to ...

, people with the given name and surname Amir or Ameer *

Amir (singer) Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( he, לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד, born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad ( he, עמיר חדד), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 ...

(born 1984), or Amir Haddad, Israeli-French singer

Places

Amir, Israel Amir ( he, עָמִיר, ''lit.'' Sheaf) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee Panhandle near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . The kibbutz is on the e ...

, a small community in northern Israel *

Əmir Əmir (also, Emir) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located a ...

, a village in Azerbaijan * Amir, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran *

Amir, Sistan and Baluchestan Amir ( fa, امير, also Romanized as Amīr; also known as Deh-e Amīr) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic R ...

, a village in Iran * Amir-e Olya, a village in Iran *

Amir-e Sofla Amir-e Sofla ( fa, اميرسفلي, also Romanized as Amīr-e Soflá; also known as Amīr, Amīrī-ye Pā’īn, Sarāb-e Amīr, and Sarāb-i-Amīr) is a village in Qaleh-ye Mozaffari Rural District, in the Central District of Selseleh County, L ...

, a village in Iran *

Band-e Amir __NOTOC__ Band-e Amir National Park ( fa, بند امیر) Afghanistan established its first national park on April 22, 2009, to promote and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes created by natural dams high in the Hindu ...

, a series of six deep blue lakes in Afghanistan *

Khan Amir, Lorestan Khan Amir ( fa, خان امير, also Romanized as Khān Amīr and Khān Mīr) is a village in Shirvan Rural District, in the Central District of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of I ...

, a village in Iran

Arts, Entertainment, and media

* ''Ameer'' (film), a 1954 Indian film * Amir, the main character in Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel '' The Kite Runner'' * Amir, a character in the television series ''

Succession Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. Governance and politics *Order of succession, in politics, the ascension to power by one ruler, official, or monarch after the death, resignation, or removal from office of ...

Ships

* Ameer class escort carrier * HMS ''Ameer'' (D01), a British warship * SS ''Amir'', a Kuwaiti coastal tanker

Titles

Amir al-Mu'minin Amir al-Mu'minin ( ar, أَمِير ٱلْمُؤْمِنِين, amīr al-muʾminīn) is an Arabic title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community. It is usually translated as "Commander of the Faithful", though sometimes also as "Prin ...

, an Arabic title usually translated "Leader of the Faithful * Amir Arsalan, the full title ''Amir Arsalan -e Namdar'', 19th-century popular Persian legend * Amir (Iranian Army), a title for high-ranking officers

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