Emirate 275589 214377690 2008-05-23T07:57:50Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Removing: [[he:אמירות]] {{for|the United Arab Emirates airline|Emirates Airline}} Etymologically an '''emirate''' or '''amirate''' ({{lang-ar|'''إمارة'''}}, ''Imaarah'' ; plural: إمارات, ''Imaraat'') is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any [[Emir]] (prince, governor etc.). ==As monarchies== Generally speaking, an emirate designates a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab Monarch styled [[emir]]. 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. An example of this use persists in the [[United Arab Emirates]], a federal nation that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the [[electoral college]] for the federation's President and PM. ==As provinces== Furthermore, in [[Arabic language|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 Arabia]]n governorates. ==List of independent Emirates== *[[Kuwait]] *[[Qatar]] *[[United Arab Emirates]] ==List of former and integrated emirates== *[[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]] *[[The Emirate of Armenia]] *[[Islamic Emirate of Waziristan]] *[[Az Zubayr]] *[[Bahrain]], became a kingdom in 2002 *[[Emirate of Trarza]], modern southwest [[Mauritania]] 1640s-1910s [[Category:Emirates| ]] [[Category:Feudalism]] [[Category:Monarchy]] [[Category:Arabic words and phrases]] [[Category:Forms of government]] {{gov-stub}} {{Arabic terms for country subdivisions}} [[ar:إمارة]] [[bg:Емирство]] [[ca:Emirat]] [[cs:Emirát]] [[de:Emirat]] [[es:Emirato]] [[id:Emirat]] [[it:Emirato]] [[lt:Emyratas]] [[mk:Емират]] [[nl:Emiraat]] [[ja:首長国]] [[no:Emirat]] [[pl:Emirat]] [[pt:Emirado]] [[ru:Эмират]] [[scn:Emiratu]] [[sk:Emirát]] [[sl:Emirat]] [[fi:Emiraatti]] [[sv:Emirat]] [[uk:Емірат]]