Emirate Of Bradost

An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a caliphate. It can be considered equivalent to a principality in non-Muslim contexts.

Currently in the world, there are two emirates that are independent states (Kuwait and Qatar), and a state that consists of a federation of seven emirates, the United Arab Emirates. The unrecognized Taliban state in Afghanistan is also styled as an emirate. A great number of previously independent emirates around the world are now part of larger states, as can be seen in Nigeria.

Etymology

Etymologically, emirate or amirate ( ', plural: ') is the quality, dignity, office, or territorial competence of any emir (prince, commander, governor, etc.). In English, the term is pronounced or in British English and or in American English.

Types

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.

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

Current emirates with political autonomy are listed below:

Arabian Peninsula

* (since 14 May 1961)
* (since 3 December 1971)
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Central Asia

* (since 15 August 2021; unrecognized)

List of former and integrated emirates

These are the 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". They are arranged by location and in order of the date of the first leader styled "emir."

Africa

North Africa

*Emirate of Nekor, Rif region of modern Morocco 710–1019
* Emirate of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid Ifriqiya within modern Tunisia, Algeria, Sicily, Morocco, and Libya 800–909
* Emirate of Tunis, Hafsid Ifriqiya within modern Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya 1229–1574
*Zab Emirate, modern Algeria circa 1400 (short-lived)
*Emirate of Trarza, modern southwest Mauritania 1640s–1910s
*Emirate of Cyrenaica, modern eastern Libya 1949–1951 (became the Kingdom of Libya)

File:Hafsid1400.png, Ifriqiya under the Hafsids
File:EthniesSénégal.jpg, Trarza (upper left)
File:Map of Cyrenaica.png, Cyrenaica in Libya

Sub-Saharan Africa

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*Emirate of Harar, eastern Ethiopia 1647–1887

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*Zabarma Emirate, northeastern Ghana 1860s–1897

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*Emirate of Say, southwestern Niger

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