What is Emirate?
An '''emirate''' is a political [[territory]] that is ruled by an [[emir]], a [[dynasty|dynastic]] Arab [[Monarch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/emirate |title=emirate |author= |website=Cambridge Dictionary |publisher=Cambridge University Press |accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref> The word emirate or amirate comes from {{lang-ar|'''إمارة'''}}, ''Imaarah'' ; plural: إمارات, ''Imaraat''. The [[United Arab Emirates]] is a federal state of seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven elect the federation's President and [[Prime Minister]]. Most emirates have either disappeared or become part of a larger modern state, some changed their rulers' title, e.g. to [[Malik]] (Arabic for King) or [[Sultan]]. Therefore true emirate-states have become rare. 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 of the royal family, as in [[Saudi Arabia]]n governorates.<ref>Stig Stenslie, ''Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia: The Challenge of Succession'' (London; New York: Routledge, 2012), p. 33</ref> == List of independent Emirates == * [[Kuwait]] * [[Qatar]] * [[United Arab Emirates]] == List of former and integrated emirates == * [[The Emirate of Armenia]] * [[Emirate of Sicily]], Sicily 965-1072 * [[Emirate of Granada]], Spain 1228-1492 * [[Emirate of Trarza]], modern southwest [[Mauritania]] 1640s-1910s * [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]] * [[Islamic Emirate of Waziristan]] * [[Az Zubayr]] * [[Bahrain]], became a kingdom in 2002 == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpxKO0WkfDA What Is Life Really Like In Dubai, UAE?; YouTube] [[Category:Feudalism]] [[Category:Forms of government]]