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unusual facts about Emir


Archidona

In his alcazaba he was proclaimed Emir Abd al-Rahman I in 756, leading to the establishment of the Emirate of Cordoba in al-Andalus.


20 Million Miles to Earth

In the released version of the film, the creature is never referred to by name, as Harryhausen was concerned that audiences might confuse "Ymir" with the Arabic title "Emir".

893 Dvin earthquake

The earthquake had ruined the city's defenses and Dvin was taken by Muhammad Ibn Abi'l-Saj, the Sajid emir of Azerbaijan, who turned it into a military base.

Abdul Amir al-Jamri

The parliament was dissolved two years later by the Emir, Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, after it had rejected the State Security Law.

Abdulla Kurd

Kurd was the top deputy to Saudi-born field commander Muhannad, the fourth Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya.

Abdullah I

Abdullah I of Jordan was emir of Transjordan (1921–1946), then King of Transjordan (1946–1949), then King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949–1951)

Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq

The Marinid emir Abu Yusuf defeated a large Castilian army under Nuño González de Lara "el Bueno", adelantado de la frontera, in the pitched Battle of Écija in September.

Al-Khurma dispute

When World War I began, Ibn Saud, the powerful Emir of Nejd, offered the Hashemite ruler Sharif Husayn ibn Ali and the leaders of Ha'il and Kuwait to adopt a neutral stance in the conflict, avoiding intervention in European-related matters, and seeking self-determination for the Arab people.

Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar

His grandson Yahya bin al-Mukhtar bin al-Mutahhar was emir of Ta'izz under the Tahiride Sultan Amir.

Al-Qaryatayn

In late 1104, the Seljuk prince (emir) Suqman ibn Artuq died in the town on his way to Damascus after being summoned by the ruler of that city, Zahir ad-Din Tughtekin.

Ali of Hejaz

In 1906 Ali married Nafissa Khanum daughter of H.H. Emir Abdullah bin Muhammad Pasha Grand Sharif and Emir of Mecca at Yeniköy, Bosphorus.

Asker Dzhappuyev

Asker Dzhappuyev also known as Emir Abdullah, was the leader of the Jihadist Yarmuk Jamaat organisation in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Banu Qasi

The immediate response of emir Muhammad was to try to limit the expansion of the Banu Qasi by installing a rival dynasty, the Arab Banu Tujibi, in Calatayud, the one part of their father's possessions not reclaimed.

Beg Khan

Mohammad Murad Beg, a Khan of Kunduz (modern Afghanistan) and later Emir of Bokhara (modern Uzbekistan) in the 19th century.

Emir Vildić

From November 2009 onwards Emir Vildić holds the position of executive director of Association Citizens Educational Center –Tuzla, and independent news "GEC Portal" Tuzla Canton, B&H .

Faskari

It was later built into a more civilized community by one of the descendants of Kaura Kuren Gumaru, during the reign of Muhammed Bello, the Emir of Katsina from 1844 to 1886.

Garuda di Dadaku

Bayu (Emir Mahira) is a sixth-year student who lives with his mother Wahyuni (Maudy Koesnaedi) and his grandfather Usman (Ikranagara); Bayu's father, an athlete turned taxi driver, died in a car accident several years before.

Ghias ad-din

The consort of Queen Rusudan was a younger son of 'Abdu'l Harij Muhammad Mughis ad-din Tughril Shah, the Seljuq emir of Erzurum, and his wife, a daughter of Sayf al-Din Begtimur, the ruler of Ahlat.

Gustav Krist

Krist also mentions the construction by the Emir, using Austrian engineers, of a secret base at Dushanbe in the Tadjikistan Mountains.

Habib Akdaş

He returned Turkey and was named as emir of an Al Qaeda unit in Turkey which carried out 2003 Istanbul bombings.

Henri Bretonnet

Bretonnet passed by Kandi and entered in Illo, where he placed a Resident; then, pointing south, he arrived at Bussa, whose emir Kisan Dogo was involved in a bitter feud with Kibari, ruler of Wawa, that supported a rival claimant to the throne of Bussa.

Hirna

A night attack by Emir 'Abd Allah's army routed the Dejazmachs force, sending them fleeing westward towards the Awash River.

Ibn al-'Amid

Abu 'l-Fadl ibn al-'Amid (d. 970), scholar and vizier of the Buyid emir of Rayy, Rukn al-Dawla.

Kafarakab

1560 AD when three families of the Maalouf clan, living at the time across the valley in the village of Mhaydse, received permission from the ruling emir to establish the village.

La Guzla

:Not to be confused with La guzla de l'émir, a comic opera by Théodore Dubois

Lakhmids

The current leader of the Arslan family since 1989 is Emir Talal Arslan whose father was the Lebanese independence hero, and Lebanese minister of defense for over 30 years: Emir Majid Arslan.

Magomed Khashiev

Magomed Khashiev (10 October 1977 – 17 April 2004), also known as "Sokhib" and "Khattab", was the Emir of the Sunzhensky District and a militant in the Russian federal subjects of Ingushetia and Chechnya.

Mohammed Akbar

Akbar Khan or Mohammed Akbar Khan - Emir of Afghanistan and son of Dost Mohammed Khan

Mohammed Alim Khan

After four days of fighting, the emir’s citadel (Arc) was destroyed, the red flag was raised from the top of Kalyan Minaret, and the Emir Alim Khan was forced to flee to his base at Dushanbe (in present-day Tajikistan), and finally to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he died in 1944.

Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

He is the sixth son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and fifth child of the Emir with his second wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.

Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi

He is the eldest son of Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Member of the Supreme Council and Emir of Fujairah.

Muhammad Rumfa

Muhammad Rumfa was Emir of the Hausa city-state Kano, located in modern-day Kano State, northern Nigeria.

Muslim Atayev

Muslim Atayev (1974 – January 27, 2004), also known as Emir Sayfullah, was the founder of the Yarmuk Jamaat, which later became part of the Caucasus Front's Kabardino-Balkarian Sector in the Russian-held Caucasian Muslim state Kabardino-Balkaria of the Second Chechen War.

Muslim conquest of Sicily

The new emir sent fresh troops to Sicily, where the Muslims regained the upper hand after Mousele's departure: in 839–840, the Muslims reduced the fortresses of Corleone, Platani, Caltabellotta, and possibly also Marineo, Geraci and other forts, and in 841, they raided from Enna as far as Grotte.

Mustapha Adamu Animashaun

As a steward in the Emir's palace, he was afforded the opportunity to travel to a few Northern Nigerian cities, he also lived in Cairo for five years.

Noyan

They were sometimes called emir or bey in the Ulus of Jochi, the Ilkhanate and the Chagatai Khanate while the Yuan records gave the equivalent as guanren since their main task was waging warfare.

Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje

He is known to have attempted insurrections and raised at the Iran-Baluchistan border while Mahendra Pratap's Indo-German expedition attempted to rally the Afghan Emir Habibullah Khan against British India.

Qaqun

In December of 1271, as Baybars was battling the Mongols in Aleppo, the Crusader forces of King Edward raided Qaqun, but were quickly fought back by the forces of the Mamluk emirs.

Qutb ad-Din Mawdud

At the beginning of 1168, Kara Arslan, the Artuqid emir of Hasankeyf, died, and Qutb ad-Din Mawdud tried to conquer that city; but he was pushed back by Nur ad-Din, who had promised to defend Arslan's successors.

Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

Sheikh Tahnoun is the Uncle of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan His sister HH Sheikha Hessa Bint Mohammed is Sheikh Khalifa's Mother, the current president and Emir (ruler) of Abu Dhabi emirate.

Theudimer

After the defeat of king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete in 711 or 712, Theudimer resisted the invading Arabs and Berbers, but he was eventually defeated in pitched battle and made peace with the Muslim emir Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa.

Thomas Brun

Upon the succession of William I in 1154, Thomas was removed from office (possibly by the Emir Maio of Bari) and returned to England.

Toghtekin

Another relief attempt was made by a joint force under Kerbogha, the emir of Mosul, and Toghtekin, which was also crushed by the Crusaders on June 28, 1098.

Turan-Shah

In 1175, he drove out the Hamdanid emir, Ali ibn Hakim al-Wahid, from Sana'a after the latter's army was weakened by continuous raids from the Zaidi tribes of Sa'dah.

William Balfour Baikie

After purchasing the site, and concluding a treaty with the Fula emir of Nupe, he proceeded to clear the ground, build houses, form enclosures and pave the way for a future city.

Year of the Elephant

Then he crowned Muhammad ibn Khuza'i, and made him emir of Mudhar, and ordered him to go among the people to invite them to pilgrimage at his cathedral which he had built.

Yengisar County

The Battle of Yangi Hissar took place there, In April 1934, Ma Zhancang led the Chinese Muslim 36th division to attack the Turkic Muslim Uighur forces at Yangi Hissar, wiping out the entire Uighur force of 500, and killing the Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra.


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