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Malik is also used for tribal leaders, e.g. among the Pashtuns. Some Arab kingdoms are currently ruled by a Malik: Bahrain, formerly under a hakim, or "ruler", until 16 August 1971, then under an emir, or "prince", and since 14 February 2002 under a malik. Jordan, formerly the Emirate of Transjordan; Morocco, formerly a Sultanate; Saudi Arabia.
An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, [1] ... 1971–2002 (before it was under a hakim (ruler); after under a malik (king)) Emirates of Saudi Arabia, ...
Hasankeyf Emirate [1] (1232–1524, [2] [4] Kurdish: Mîrektiya Melîkan) was a Kurdish emirate centered around Hasankeyf and ruled by descendants of the Ayyubid dynasty until its dissolution in 1524. [1] [2] They considered their emirate as the last remnant of the Ayyubid state. [5]
The Emirate of Córdoba, from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula (known to Muslims as al-Andalus ), the Balearic Islands , and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba (at the time Qurṭubah ).
Now, Malik, 31, dreams of working as a chef in Dubai, the futuristic, skyscraper-studded city in the United Arab Emirates. She never misses a class. “I am so absorbed in learning that I don’t ...
Emir Mulhim retired in Beirut, but he and his son Qasim attempted to wrest back control of the emirate using his relationship with an imperial official. [31] They were unsuccessful and Emir Mulhim died in 1759. [ 31 ]
When his younger brother Hasan assumed the Emirate in 1220 Rajih was residing among the Bedouin outside of Mecca. He opposed his brother's rule and that year intercepted the Iraqi Hajj caravan, which was led by Aqbash, a mamluk of the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir. Aqbash had with him a khil'ah (robe of honor) for the Emir of Mecca, and Rajih ...
The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia that included the western portion of the Arabian Peninsula that was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty.