Amir 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 ...

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) (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, a village in Azerbaijan * Amir, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran * Amir, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Iran * Amir-e Olya, a village in Iran * Amir-e Sofla, 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, 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 ''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is se ...

'' * 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 The ''Ruler'' class of escort aircraft carriers served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. All twenty-three ships were built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation in the United States as ''Bogue''-class escort carriers, s ...

* 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 ''Amir Arsalan-e Namdar'' ( fa, امیر ارسلان نامدار) is a popular Persian epic, which was told to Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, the Qajar Shah of Persia in the 19th century (though the Persian legend itself is much older), by a storytell ...

, the full title ''Amir Arsalan -e Namdar'', 19th-century popular Persian legend *

Amir (Iranian Army) Amir ( fa, امير), previously known as Timsar ( fa, تيمسار), is the Honorific, honorific title used for Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank, ranking Second brigadier general (Iran), 2nd Brigadier Genera ...

, a title for high-ranking officers

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