The word emir is also used less formally for leaders in certain contexts, for example the leader of a group of pilgrims to Mecca is called an emir hadji.
The Caliphs used the title emir al mumenin, "Commander of the Faithfull".
Emir is also the term used by the Kuwaiti al-Sabah dynasty to refer to their ruling monarch since their entrance to the Arab League on June 19, 1961. Previously, the royal leader was known as the Shaikh. (See also: History of Kuwait)
See also: sultan
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