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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-North_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>North Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sub-Saharan_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sub-Saharan_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Sub-Saharan Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sub-Saharan_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ethiopia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ethiopia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2.1</span> <span>Ethiopia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ethiopia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ghana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ghana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2.2</span> <span>Ghana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ghana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Niger" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Niger"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2.3</span> <span>Niger</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Niger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nigeria" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nigeria"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2.4</span> <span>Nigeria</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nigeria-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arabia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arabia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Arabia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arabia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Central Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Asia_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Asia_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span>South Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Asia_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Near_East" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Near_East"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.4</span> <span>Near East</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Near_East-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Europe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Europe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Europe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Europe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Caucasus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Caucasus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Caucasus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Caucasus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iberia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iberia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Iberia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iberia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mediterranean_region" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mediterranean_region"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.3</span> <span>Mediterranean region</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mediterranean_region-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiratu" title="Emiratu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Emiratu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fmirlik" title="Əmirlik – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Əmirlik" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4" title="আমিরাত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আমিরাত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir-kok" title="Amir-kok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Amir-kok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Әмирлек – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Әмирлек" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Эмірат – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эмірат" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Емирство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Емирство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirelezh" title="Emirelezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Emirelezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirat" title="Emirat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Emirat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir%C3%A1t" title="Emirát – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Emirát" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirat" title="Emirat – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Emirat" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiraat" title="Emiraat – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Emiraat" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF" title="Εμιράτο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εμιράτο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirato" title="Emirato – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Emirato" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirlando" title="Emirlando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Emirlando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirerri" title="Emirerri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Emirerri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="امارت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="امارت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mirat" title="Émirat – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Émirat" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirato" title="Emirato – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Emirato" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%ED%9B%84%EA%B5%AD" title="토후국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="토후국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%B4%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Էմիրություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էմիրություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="अमीरात – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अमीरात" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirat" title="Emirat – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Emirat" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirio" title="Emirio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Emirio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keamiran" title="Keamiran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Keamiran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em%C3%ADrat" title="Emírat – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Emírat" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirato" title="Emirato – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Emirato" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA" title="אמירות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אמירות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirati" title="Emirati – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Emirati" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Эмирлик – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Эмирлик" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir%C4%81ts" title="Emirāts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Emirāts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emyratas" title="Emyratas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Emyratas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiria" title="Amiria – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Amiria" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em%C3%ADrs%C3%A9g" title="Emírség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Emírség" 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data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="امارت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="امارت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirat" title="Emirat – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Emirat" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirado" title="Emirado – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Emirado" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirat" title="Emirat – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Emirat" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Емірат – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Емірат" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Эмират – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эмират" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="अमीरियराज्यम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="अमीरियराज्यम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiratu" title="Emiratu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Emiratu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" 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var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Philosophy</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <p><b>Philosophers</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Aquinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante">Dante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Bodin" title="Jean Bodin">Bodin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bellarmine" title="Robert Bellarmine">Bellarmine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Filmer" title="Robert Filmer">Filmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes" title="Thomas Hobbes">Hobbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques-B%C3%A9nigne_Bossuet" title="Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet">Bossuet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre" title="Joseph de Maistre">Maistre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Bonald" title="Louis de Bonald">Bonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand" title="François-René de Chateaubriand">Chateaubriand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novalis" title="Novalis">Novalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac" title="Honoré de Balzac">Balzac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Cr%C3%A9tineau-Joly" title="Jacques Crétineau-Joly">Crétineau-Joly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol" title="Nikolai Gogol">Gogol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Donoso_Cort%C3%A9s" title="Juan Donoso Cortés">Cortés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Balmes" title="Jaime Balmes">Balmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard" title="Søren Kierkegaard">Kierkegaard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky" title="Fyodor Dostoevsky">Dostoevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_Youwei" title="Kang Youwei">Youwei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Maurras" title="Charles Maurras">Maurras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Bainville" title="Jacques Bainville">Bainville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mu%C3%B1oz_Seca" title="Pedro Muñoz Seca">Seca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Evola" title="Julius Evola">Evola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_von_Kuehnelt-Leddihn" title="Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn">Kuehnelt-Leddihn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Bogdanor" title="Vernon Bogdanor">Bogdanor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Scruton" title="Roger Scruton">Scruton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe" title="Hans-Hermann Hoppe">Hoppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin" title="Curtis Yarvin">Yarvin</a></li></ul> <p><b>Works</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/De_regno,_ad_regem_Cypri" title="De regno, ad regem Cypri">De Regno</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1265-1266)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monarchia" title="Monarchia">Monarchia</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1313)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Six_livres_de_la_R%C3%A9publique" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Six livres de la République">Les Six livres de la République</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1576)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)" title="Leviathan (Hobbes book)">Leviathan</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1651)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Patriarcha" title="Patriarcha">Patriarcha</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1680)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Considerations_on_France" title="Considerations on France">Considerations on France</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1796)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Democracy:_The_God_That_Failed" title="Democracy: The God That Failed">Democracy: The God That Failed</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(2001)</span></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Politicians</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Mazarin" title="Cardinal Mazarin">Mazarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI" title="Pope Pius VI">Pius VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabrizio_Ruffo" title="Fabrizio Ruffo">Ruffo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ercole_Consalvi" title="Ercole Consalvi">Consalvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armand-Emmanuel_de_Vignerot_du_Plessis,_duc_de_Richelieu" class="mw-redirect" title="Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, duc de Richelieu">Plessis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klemens_von_Metternich" title="Klemens von Metternich">Metternich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_de_Vill%C3%A8le" title="Joseph de Villèle">Villèle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_de_Polignac" title="Jules de Polignac">Polignac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lie,_duc_Decazes" title="Élie, duc Decazes">Decazes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Donoso_Cort%C3%A9s" title="Juan Donoso Cortés">Cortés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_C%C3%A1novas_del_Castillo" title="Antonio Cánovas del Castillo">Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck" title="Otto von Bismarck">Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_V%C3%A1zquez_de_Mella" title="Juan Vázquez de Mella">Mella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Maurras" title="Charles Maurras">Maurras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Metaxas" title="Ioannis Metaxas">Metaxas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertand_Renouvin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bertand Renouvin">Renouvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky" title="Vladimir Zhirinovsky">Zhirinovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C4%83lin_Popescu-T%C4%83riceanu" title="Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu">Popescu-Tăriceanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salome_Zourabichvili" title="Salome Zourabichvili">Zourabichvili</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustus#Octavian_becomes_Augustus" title="Augustus">Birth of the Roman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Carta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Rise of the Ottoman Empire">Foundation of the Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsarist_autocracy" title="Tsarist autocracy">Tsarist autocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Birth of the Dutch Republic</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" title="Glorious Revolution">Glorious Revolution</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triumvirate_of_1813" title="Triumvirate of 1813">Establishment of the Dutch monarchy</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trienio_Liberal" title="Trienio Liberal">Trienio Liberal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Wars" title="Liberal Wars">Liberal Wars</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second French Empire</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Italy" title="Unification of Italy">Unification of Italy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Compromise_of_1867" title="Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867">Austro-Hungarian Compromise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Germany" title="Unification of Germany">German unification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_October_1910_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="5 October 1910 Revolution">5 October 1910 Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Republic_(Brazil)" title="Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)">Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1911_Revolution" title="1911 Revolution">Chinese Revolution</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution" title="Russian Revolution">Russian Revolution</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siamese_revolution_of_1932" title="Siamese revolution of 1932">Siamese revolution of 1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Italian_institutional_referendum" title="1946 Italian institutional referendum">Birth of the Italian Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy" title="Spanish transition to democracy">Spanish transition to democracy</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Cambodia" title="Modern Cambodia">Modern Cambodia</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Nepalese Civil War</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Polity</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">Aristocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autocracy" title="Autocracy">Autocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy">Oligarchy</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Administration</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_court" title="Royal court">Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_appointment" title="Court appointment">Appointment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Officers_of_State" title="Great Officers of State">Great Officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_household" title="Royal household">Household</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retinue" title="Retinue">Retinue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camarilla" title="Camarilla">Camarilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtier" title="Courtier">Courtier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Favourite" title="Favourite">Favourite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_guard" title="Royal guard">Royal guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_council" title="Privy council">Privy council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Council_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Crown Council (disambiguation)">Crown Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makhzen" title="Makhzen">Makhzen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riksr%C3%A5d" title="Riksråd">Riksråd</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Related ideologies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authoritarian_conservatism" title="Authoritarian conservatism">Authoritarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditionalist_conservatism" title="Traditionalist conservatism">Traditionalist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotism" title="Despotism">Despotism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enlightened_absolutism" title="Enlightened absolutism">Enlightened absolutism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_despotism" title="Legal despotism">Legal despotism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royalist" title="Royalist">Royalism</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">National variants</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Brazil" title="Monarchism in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Canada" title="Monarchism in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_France" title="Monarchism in France">France</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonapartism" title="Bonapartism">Bonapartism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legitimists" title="Legitimists">Legitimism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ultra-royalist" title="Ultra-royalist">Ultra-royalist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orl%C3%A9anist" title="Orléanist">Orléanism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Georgia" title="Monarchism in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_German-speaking_countries" title="Monarchism in German-speaking countries">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Bavaria_after_1918" title="Monarchism in Bavaria after 1918">Bavaria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Iran" title="Monarchism in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li>Low Countries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orangism_(Belgium)" title="Orangism (Belgium)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangism_(Dutch_Republic)" title="Orangism (Dutch Republic)">Dutch Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangism_(Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)" title="Orangism (Kingdom of the Netherlands)">Netherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orangism_(Luxembourg)" title="Orangism (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Mexico" title="Monarchism in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li>Portugal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miguelist" title="Miguelist">Miguelism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Romania" title="Monarchism in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Russia" title="Monarchism in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Serbia" title="Monarchism in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li>Spain <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfonsism" title="Alfonsism">Alfonsism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlism" title="Carlism">Carlism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_the_United_States" title="Monarchism in the United States">United States</a></li> <li>United Kingdom <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacobitism" title="Jacobitism">Jacobitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Toryism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Tory" title="High Tory">High</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchism_in_Uruguay" title="Monarchism in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;text-align:center;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef; border-top:1px solid;background: var(--background-color-interactive, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #000);;color: var(--color-base)">Related topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">Coronation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_monarchy" title="Criticism of monarchy">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_dynasties" title="Lists of dynasties">Lists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_family" title="Royal family">Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_descent" title="Royal descent">Descent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_family_trees" title="List of family trees">Family trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_bastard" title="Royal bastard">Illegitimate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_system" title="Emperor system">Emperor system of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figurehead" title="Figurehead">Figurehead</a></li> <li>Heir <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">apparent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">presumptive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingmaker" title="Kingmaker">Kingmaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchies" title="List of monarchies">List of monarchies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_monarchies" title="List of current monarchies">Current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_monarchies" title="List of former monarchies">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_non-sovereign_monarchs" title="List of current non-sovereign monarchs">Non-sovereign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">Nobility</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">Peerage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peer_of_the_realm" title="Peer of the realm">Realm</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosopher_king" 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From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a <a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">caliphate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can be considered equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">principality</a> in non-Muslim contexts. </p><p>Currently in the world, there are two emirates that are independent states (<a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>), one state ruled by an unrecognised emirate (<a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>), and a state that consists of a federation of seven emirates (the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>). A great number of previously independent emirates around the world are now part of larger states. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Etymologically, <b>emirate</b> or <b>amirate</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">إمارة</span> <i><span title="American Library Association – Library of Congress transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">imārah</i></span></i><span style="margin-left:1px">,</span> plural: <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">إمارات</span></span> <i><span title="American Library Association – Library of Congress transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">imārāt</i></span></i><span style="margin-left:2px">)</span> is the quality, dignity, office, or territorial competence of any <a href="/wiki/Emir" title="Emir">emir</a> (prince, commander, governor, etc.). In English, the term is pronounced <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span>-,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span></span>-/</a></span></span> in British English and <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> in American English.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monarchies">Monarchies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Monarchies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a <a href="/wiki/Inheritance" title="Inheritance">hereditary</a> emir, these seven forming the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_college" title="Electoral college">electoral college</a> for the federation's president and prime minister. </p><p>As most emirates have either disappeared, been integrated in a larger modern state, or changed their rulers' styles, e.g. to <a href="/wiki/Malik" title="Malik">malik</a> (Arabic for "king") or <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">sultan</a>, such true emirate-states have become rare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provinces">Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Furthermore, in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Emir" title="Emir">emir</a>) of the royal family, as in <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabian</a> governorates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_present_emirates">List of present emirates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of present emirates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emiratos.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Emiratos.PNG/500px-Emiratos.PNG" decoding="async" width="350" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Emiratos.PNG/960px-Emiratos.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Location of Afghanistan (grey), Kuwait (red), Qatar (green), and the emirates of the United Arab Emirates</figcaption></figure> <p>Current emirates with political autonomy are listed below: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arabian_Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arabian Peninsula"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/60px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">State of Kuwait</a> (since 14 May 1961)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">State of Qatar</a> (since 3 September 1971)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> (since 2 December 1971): <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Abu_Dhabi.svg/40px-Flag_of_Abu_Dhabi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Abu_Dhabi.svg/60px-Flag_of_Abu_Dhabi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Emirate of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_Ajman.svg/40px-Flag_of_Ajman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_Ajman.svg/60px-Flag_of_Ajman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Ajman" title="Emirate of Ajman">Ajman</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Dubai.svg/40px-Flag_of_Dubai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Dubai.svg/60px-Flag_of_Dubai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Dubai" title="Emirate of Dubai">Dubai</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Fujairah" title="Emirate of Fujairah">Fujairah</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg/60px-Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Ras_Al_Khaimah" title="Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah">Ras al-Khaimah</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg/40px-Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg/60px-Flag_of_Sharjah_and_Ras_Al_Khaimah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Sharjah" title="Emirate of Sharjah">Sharjah</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Umm_al-Qaiwain.svg/40px-Flag_of_Umm_al-Qaiwain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Umm_al-Qaiwain.svg/60px-Flag_of_Umm_al-Qaiwain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Umm_Al_Quwain" title="Emirate of Umm Al Quwain">Umm al-Quwain</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a> (since 15 August 2021; unrecognized)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_former_and_integrated_emirates">List of former and integrated emirates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of former and integrated emirates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Africa">North Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: North Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Nekor" title="Emirate of Nekor">Emirate of Nekor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rif" title="Rif">Rif</a> region of modern <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> 710–1019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghlabids" class="mw-redirect" title="Aghlabids">Emirate of Ifriqiya</a>, Aghlabid <a href="/wiki/Ifriqiya" title="Ifriqiya">Ifriqiya</a> within modern <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> 800–909</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafsid_dynasty" title="Hafsid dynasty">Emirate of Tunis</a>, Hafsid <a href="/wiki/Ifriqiya" title="Ifriqiya">Ifriqiya</a> within modern <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> 1229–1574</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zab_Emirate" title="Zab Emirate">Zab Emirate</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> circa 1400 (short-lived)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Trarza" title="Emirate of Trarza">Emirate of Trarza</a>, modern southwest <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> 1640s–1910s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Cyrenaica" title="Emirate of Cyrenaica">Emirate of Cyrenaica</a>, modern eastern <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> 1949–1951 (became the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Libya" title="Kingdom of Libya">Kingdom of Libya</a>)</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hafsid1400.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ifriqiya under the Hafsids"><img alt="Ifriqiya under the Hafsids" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Hafsid1400.png/250px-Hafsid1400.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Hafsid1400.png/330px-Hafsid1400.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="423" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ifriqiya under the Hafsids</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Trarza (upper left)"><img alt="Trarza (upper left)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg/250px-EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg/330px-EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg/500px-EthniesS%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2420" data-file-height="1422" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Trarza (upper left)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Cyrenaica.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Cyrenaica in Libya"><img alt="Cyrenaica in Libya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Map_of_Cyrenaica.png/250px-Map_of_Cyrenaica.png" decoding="async" width="177" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Map_of_Cyrenaica.png/330px-Map_of_Cyrenaica.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Map_of_Cyrenaica.png/500px-Map_of_Cyrenaica.png 2x" data-file-width="918" data-file-height="623" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cyrenaica in Libya</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sub-Saharan_Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sub-Saharan Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ethiopia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Harar" title="Emirate of Harar">Emirate of Harar</a>, eastern <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> 1647–1887</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Ghana">Ghana</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ghana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zabarma_Emirate" title="Zabarma Emirate">Zabarma Emirate</a>, northeastern <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> 1860s–1897</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Niger">Niger</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Niger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Say" title="Emirate of Say">Emirate of Say</a>, southwestern <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> 19th century– (integrated)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nigeria">Nigeria</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fika_Emirate" title="Fika Emirate">Fika Emirate</a>, northeastern Nigeria 15th century– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwandu" title="Gwandu">Gwandu</a> Emirate, northwestern Nigeria 15th century to 2005 (integrated and then deposed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebbi_Emirate" title="Kebbi Emirate">Kebbi Emirate</a>, northwestern Nigeria 1516– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borgu_Emirate" title="Borgu Emirate">Borgu Emirate</a>, westcentral Nigeria, formed from Bussa Emirate 1730–1954 and Kaiama Emirate 1912–54, unified 1954– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumel" title="Gumel">Gumel</a> Emirate, northcentral Nigeria 1749– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yauri_Emirate" title="Yauri Emirate">Yauri Emirate</a>, northwestern Nigeria 1799– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombe_Emirate" title="Gombe Emirate">Gombe Emirate</a>, northeast Nigeria 1804– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kano_Emirate" title="Kano Emirate">Kano Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria 1805– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauchi_Emirate" title="Bauchi Emirate">Bauchi Emirate</a>, northeast Nigeria 1805– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daura_Emirate" title="Daura Emirate">Daura Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria off and on 1805– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsina_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Katsina Emirate">Katsina Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria 1806– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katagum" title="Katagum">Katagum</a> Emirate, northcentral Nigeria 1807– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaria_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaria Emirate">Zaria Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria 1808– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potiskum_Emirate" title="Potiskum Emirate">Potiskum Emirate</a>, northeastern Nigeria 1809– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamawa_Emirate" title="Adamawa Emirate">Adamawa Emirate</a>, eastern Nigeria and formerly into western <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> 1809– (integrated where preserved)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilorin_Emirate" title="Ilorin Emirate">Ilorin Emirate</a>, southwestern Nigeria 1817– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muri,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Muri, Nigeria">Muri Emirate</a>, eastcentral Nigeria 1817– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazaure_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazaure Emirate">Kazaure Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria 1819– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapai_Emirate" title="Lapai Emirate">Lapai Emirate</a>, central Nigeria 1825– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleja_Emirate" title="Suleja Emirate">Suleja Emirate</a>, central Nigeria 1828– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agaie_Emirate" title="Agaie Emirate">Agaie Emirate</a>, westcentral Nigeria 1832– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bida_Emirate" title="Bida Emirate">Bida Emirate</a>, westcentral Nigeria 1856– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kontagora_Emirate" title="Kontagora Emirate">Kontagora Emirate</a>, northcentral Nigeria 1858– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borno_Emirate" title="Borno Emirate">Borno Emirate</a>, northeastern Nigeria 1900– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikwa_Emirate" title="Dikwa Emirate">Dikwa Emirate</a>, northeast Nigeria 1901– (integrated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biu_Emirate" title="Biu Emirate">Biu Emirate</a>, northeast Nigeria 1920– (integrated)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arabia">Arabia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Arabia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharifate_of_Mecca" title="Sharifate of Mecca">Emirate of Mecca</a>, Western Arabia 967–1916</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyunid_Emirate" title="Uyunid Emirate">Uyunid Emirate</a>, the modern <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> 1076–1253</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabrids" title="Jabrids">Jabrids Emirate</a>, Eastern and center Arabia 1417–1524</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%27Uyayna" class="mw-redirect" title="'Uyayna">Emirate of Al-Uyaynah</a> central Arabia 1446–1760</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bani_Khalid_Emirate" title="Bani Khalid Emirate">Bani Khalid Emirate</a>, Eastern Arabia 1669–1796</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Beihan" title="Emirate of Beihan">Emirate of Beihan</a>, modern southern <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> 1680–1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Diriyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Diriyah">Emirate of Diriyah</a>, mainly in modern <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">UAE</a> 1727–1818</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Nejd" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Nejd">Emirate of Nejd</a>, center and eastern <a href="/wiki/Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabia">Arabia</a> 1818–91</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Dhala" title="Emirate of Dhala">Emirate of Dhala</a>, modern southern <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> early 19th century to 1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Jabal_Shammar" title="Emirate of Jabal Shammar">Emirate of Jabal Shammar</a>, northcentral Arabia 1836–1921</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Nejd_and_Hasa" title="Emirate of Nejd and Hasa">Emirate of Nejd and Hasa</a>, central Arabia 1902–21</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idrisid_Emirate_of_Asir" title="Idrisid Emirate of Asir">Idrisid Emirate of Asir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jizan" title="Jizan">Jizan</a> in modern southwestern <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> 1906–34</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Bahrain" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Bahrain">Emirate of Bahrain</a>, 1971–2002 (before it was under a <a href="/wiki/Hakim_(title)" title="Hakim (title)">hakim (ruler)</a>; after under a <a href="/wiki/Malik" title="Malik">malik (king)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirates of Saudi Arabia">Emirates of Saudi Arabia</a>, the thirteen provinces of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Beihan and Dhala in South Arabia"><img alt="Beihan and Dhala in South Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg/250px-FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg/330px-FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg/500px-FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2282" data-file-height="1443" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Beihan and Dhala in South Arabia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Saudi_State_Big.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Diriyah"><img alt="Diriyah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/First_Saudi_State_Big.png/250px-First_Saudi_State_Big.png" decoding="async" width="129" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/First_Saudi_State_Big.png/330px-First_Saudi_State_Big.png 2x" data-file-width="3196" data-file-height="2965" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Diriyah</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Saudi_State_Big.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Nejd"><img alt="Nejd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Second_Saudi_State_Big.png/250px-Second_Saudi_State_Big.png" decoding="async" width="147" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Second_Saudi_State_Big.png/330px-Second_Saudi_State_Big.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1633" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nejd</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alrasheed_hail_english.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Jabal Shammar"><img alt="Jabal Shammar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Alrasheed_hail_english.png/250px-Alrasheed_hail_english.png" decoding="async" width="122" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="596" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jabal Shammar</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sa_mapa6.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Asir at its height"><img alt="Asir at its height" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sa_mapa6.png/120px-Sa_mapa6.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sa_mapa6.png/142px-Sa_mapa6.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Sa_mapa6.png/190px-Sa_mapa6.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Asir at its height</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationBahrain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bahrain"><img alt="Bahrain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/LocationBahrain.svg/250px-LocationBahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/LocationBahrain.svg/330px-LocationBahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/LocationBahrain.svg/500px-LocationBahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bahrain</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saudi_Arabia_-_province_locator_template.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Saudi Arabian emirate divisions"><img alt="Saudi Arabian emirate divisions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Saudi_Arabia_-_province_locator_template.png/250px-Saudi_Arabia_-_province_locator_template.png" decoding="async" width="144" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Saudi_Arabia_-_province_locator_template.png/330px-Saudi_Arabia_-_province_locator_template.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="333" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Saudi Arabian emirate divisions</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Asia">Central Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Central Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Bukhara" title="Emirate of Bukhara">Emirate of Bukhara</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a> 1785–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_East_Turkestan_Republic#Establishment_of_the_ETR" title="First East Turkestan Republic">Khotan Emirate</a>, 1933 northwest China, merged into <a href="/wiki/First_East_Turkestan_Republic" title="First East Turkestan Republic">First East Turkestan Republic</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bukhara1850.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Bukhara"><img alt="Bukhara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bukhara1850.png/250px-Bukhara1850.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bukhara1850.png/330px-Bukhara1850.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bukhara1850.png/500px-Bukhara1850.png 2x" data-file-width="1644" data-file-height="959" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bukhara</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_ETR_in_China.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Khotan in modern China"><img alt="Khotan in modern China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/First_ETR_in_China.svg/250px-First_ETR_in_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="141" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/First_ETR_in_China.svg/330px-First_ETR_in_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Khotan in modern China</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Asia_2">South Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Emirate of Afghanistan">Emirate of Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> 1823–1929</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan_(1996%E2%80%932001)" title="Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)">Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)</a>, first period of <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> rule in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan" title="United States invasion of Afghanistan">overthrown</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Kunar" title="Islamic Emirate of Kunar">Islamic Emirate of Kunar</a>, southern Afghanistan 1991–1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Multan" title="Emirate of Multan">Emirate of Multan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habbari_dynasty" title="Habbari dynasty">Habbarid Emirate</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationAfghanistan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emirate of Afghanistan"><img alt="Emirate of Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LocationAfghanistan.svg/180px-LocationAfghanistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LocationAfghanistan.svg/270px-LocationAfghanistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LocationAfghanistan.svg/360px-LocationAfghanistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Emirate of Afghanistan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Near_East">Near East</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Near East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Emirate of <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a> (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirs_of_Mosul" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Emirs of Mosul">list of emirs for more</a>), modern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> 905–1096, 1127–1222, 1254–1383, 1758–1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Melitene" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Melitene">Emirate of Melitene</a>, modern central Turkey mid-ninth century to 934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marwanid" class="mw-redirect" title="Marwanid">Emirate of Amida</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Eastern Turkey</a> 983–1085</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karamanids" title="Karamanids">Karaman Emirate</a>, south-central <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> 1250–1487</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Aydin" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Aydin">Emirate of Aydin</a>, state composed of <a href="/wiki/Oghuz_Turks" title="Oghuz Turks">Oghuz Turks</a> in modern Turkey from the early 14th century to 1390</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Dulkadir" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Dulkadir">Emirate of Dulkadir</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> 1337–1522</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Erzincan" title="Emirate of Erzincan">Emirate of Erzincan</a>, 14–15th centuries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadanids" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramadanids">Emirate of Ramazan</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> 1352–1608</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Mount_Lebanon" title="Emirate of Mount Lebanon">Emirate of Mount Lebanon</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> 1516–1842</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Timurid Emirates">Timurid Emirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a>'s empire and the minor emirates left behind after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Timurid_dynasty" title="Timurid dynasty">Timurid dynasty</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, 1526-c.1550</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soran_Emirate" title="Soran Emirate">Soran Emirate</a>, modern northern Iraq 1816–35</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Az_Zubayr" title="Az Zubayr">Az Zubayr</a>, town in <a href="/wiki/Basra_Governorate" title="Basra Governorate">Basra Governorate</a>, Iraq during 16th century</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Emirate of Transjordan</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> 1921–46</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Byara" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Emirate of Byara">Islamic Emirate of Byara</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, 2001–2003</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anatolia1300.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ottoman emirate in 1300, labeled 'Osman'"><img alt="Ottoman emirate in 1300, labeled 'Osman'" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Anatolia1300.png/250px-Anatolia1300.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Anatolia1300.png/330px-Anatolia1300.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Anatolia1300.png/500px-Anatolia1300.png 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="330" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ottoman emirate in 1300, labeled 'Osman'</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_(AH).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Timurid Emirate under the leadership of Timur"><img alt="Timurid Emirate under the leadership of Timur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png/250px-Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png" decoding="async" width="174" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png/330px-Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png/500px-Timurid_Dynasty_821_-_873_%28AH%29.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="428" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Timurid Emirate under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PalestineAndTransjordan.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Transjordan"><img alt="Transjordan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PalestineAndTransjordan.png/127px-PalestineAndTransjordan.png" decoding="async" width="127" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PalestineAndTransjordan.png/191px-PalestineAndTransjordan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PalestineAndTransjordan.png/255px-PalestineAndTransjordan.png 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transjordan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Caucasus">Caucasus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Caucasus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Emirate_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="The Emirate of Armenia">The Emirate of Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> 637–884</li> <li>Emirate of Darband, <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> 869–1075</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Tbilisi" title="Emirate of Tbilisi">Emirate of Tbilisi</a>, modern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> 736–1080, nominally to 1122</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Caucasian_Emirate" title="North Caucasian Emirate">North Caucasian Emirate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> 1919–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Emirate" title="Caucasus Emirate">Caucasus Emirate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> 2007–2017 (unrecognized)</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaddadid.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Darband, Azerbaijan"><img alt="Darband, Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shaddadid.gif/250px-Shaddadid.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shaddadid.gif/330px-Shaddadid.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Shaddadid.gif/500px-Shaddadid.gif 2x" data-file-width="1396" data-file-height="910" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Darband, Azerbaijan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenia"><img alt="Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif/250px-81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif/330px-81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif/500px-81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></div> <div 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title="Cartagena, Spain">Cartagena</a> in modern Spain off and on 1013–1091</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerez_de_la_Frontera#History" title="Jerez de la Frontera">Emirate of Jerez</a>, towns of <a href="/wiki/Jerez_de_la_Frontera" title="Jerez de la Frontera">Jerez de la Frontera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arcos_de_la_Frontera" title="Arcos de la Frontera">Arcos de la Frontera</a> in modern southern Spain 1145–1147</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada" title="Emirate of Granada">Emirate of Granada</a>, modern southern Spain 1228–1492</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coras_del_Emirato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Córdoba"><img alt="Córdoba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Coras_del_Emirato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba.png/250px-Coras_del_Emirato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba.png" decoding="async" width="156" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Coras_del_Emirato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba.png/330px-Coras_del_Emirato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba.png 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Córdoba</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_Taifa_of_Badajoz.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Badajoz"><img alt="Badajoz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Location_map_Taifa_of_Badajoz.svg/142px-Location_map_Taifa_of_Badajoz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="142" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Location_map_Taifa_of_Badajoz.svg/214px-Location_map_Taifa_of_Badajoz.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Sicily">Sicily</a> 965–1072</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirate_of_Qatans%C3%A1ar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emirate of Qatansáar (page does not exist)">Emirate of Qatansáar</a>,city of <a href="/wiki/Catanzaro" title="Catanzaro">Catanzaro</a> in southern Italy 903-1050</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Periferia_Kritis.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Crete within modern Greece"><img alt="Crete within modern Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Periferia_Kritis.png/250px-Periferia_Kritis.png" decoding="async" width="141" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Periferia_Kritis.png/330px-Periferia_Kritis.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></div> <div 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