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For the United Arab Emirates airline, see Emirates Airline. An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim Monarch styled emir. An emirate is also a tower, which calls Muslims to the traditional Jumu'ah on Fridays. Although it is more widely known as a minaret (Turkish: minare,[1] from Arabic manāra (lighthouse) منارة, usually مئذنة)
[edit] EtymologyEtymologically emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah ; plural: إمارات, Imaraat) is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir (prince, governor etc.). [edit] As monarchiesThe United Arab Emirates is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the electoral college for the federation's President and Prime Minister. 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. [edit] As provincesFurthermore, in 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 Arabian governorates. [edit] List of independent Emirates[edit] List of former and integrated emirates
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