The office of amir al-umara (Arabic: أمير الأمراء, romanized: amīr al-umarāʾ), variously rendered in English as emir of emirs, prince of princes, chief...

states include: Amir al-umara, "Amir of Amirs" (cfr. supra) or 'Commander of Commanders' Amir al-hajj, "Commander of the Hajj [caravan]" Amir al-ʿarab, "Commander...

Abbasid army, he evicted the Hamdanid Nasir al-Dawla from Baghdad and assumed the position of amir al-umara on 31 May 943, becoming the Caliphate's de...

who exploited the caliphal government's weakness to become the first amir al-umara ("commander of commanders", generalissimo and de facto regent) of the...

Caliphate had become by now that when the previous Caliph al-Radi died, Bajkam, amir al-umara (Amir of Amirs), contented himself with despatching to Baghdad his...

strongmen, who competed for the title of amir al-umara. The future al-Radi was born on 20 December 909, to the caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932) and a Greek-born...

became the tool of the de facto ruling Minister, Ibn Raik (amir al-umara; 'Amir of the Amirs'). Ibn Raik held the reins of government and his name was...

in the 940s, and himself briefly ascending to the supreme office of amir al-umara in 945. Ibn Shirzad's early life and career is virtually unknown. He...

Baghdad, he was granted the title of amir al-umara, consolidating his dominance over the caliphs al-Radi and al-Muttaqi and giving him absolute power...

lines of Abbasid princes as well. Al-Radi's brother, al-Muttaqi (r. 940–944), was raised to the throne by the amīr al-umarāʾ Bajkam. He tried to exploit the...

to designate the chief amir al-ulus ("emir of the state")—also known by the Turkic title ulusbegi and the Arabic amir al-umara–while in the Golden Horde...

his position to the first amir al-umara, Ibn Ra'iq, and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher, inventing al-khatt al-mansūb (الخط المنسوب) and...

pares supremacy over the rest, which would be marked by titles like Amir al-umara (which tied them into the hierarchy of the Abbasid Caliphate) and Shahanshah...

blinding by the amir al-umara Tuzun in September 944. As the chief of the remaining sons of al-Muqtadir and brother of the two previous caliphs, al-Fadl was...

the naval rank "Admiral". Is usually translated as prince in English. Amir al-umara, Emir of Emirs. Mir: According to the book Persian Inscriptions on Indian...

title used by the Iranian Buyids, a Persianized form of the Abbasid amir al-umara Satrap, the term in Western languages for a governor of a Persian province...

whose ranks were above 5,000 were also given the title of Amir-al Umara (Amir of Amirs). It was a system whereby nobles were granted the rights to hold...

became amir al-umara of the Abbasid Caliphate in July–August 941. Kurankij was a commander in the Daylamite contingent in the army of Abu Abdallah al-Baridi...

king) to resolve the dispute. The title of vakil surpassed both the amir al-umara (commander-in-chief; mostly bestowed upon Qizilbash leaders), and the...

the title of Amīr al-Umarāʾ (أمير الأمراء). Under the reign of the Buyid dynasty (934 to 1062) of Iraq and Iran, the title of Amīr al-Umarāʾ, which means...

The Buyids ruled Iraq ostensibly as caliphal commander-in-chiefs (amīr al-umarāʾ), but in practice they had reduced the Abbasid caliphs to puppet rulers...

elevated his Mansabdar to 7000/7000, granting him the prestigious title of Amir-al Umara of the realm. Khwaja Kamal, the grandson of Kilich Khan through his...

Caliph al-Muttaqi appointed Tuzun as amir al-umara, but soon quarrelled with him and fled north to seek Hamdanid protection. Tuzun defeated Nasir al-Dawla...

as the chief emir (amir al-umara), with the honorific title Nasir al-Dawla. Before long, Sabuktakin, accompanied by al-Ta'i' and al-Muti', marched on Wasit...

"anarchy" began in 861, with the murder of Caliph al-Mutawakkil by his Turkish guards. His successor, al-Muntasir, ruled for six months before his death...

Saad al-Din bin Ghurab: nicknamed Aziz Masr and was the Amir al-Umara, Ustadar and the de facto Sultan and took part in the campaigns of Sultan al-Zahir...

Abu al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله ابن محمد ابن علي, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd...

AD | 780 AH – 19 Ramadan 808 AH), commonly known as Saad al-Din bin Ghurab, was Amir al-Umara (the Prince of Princes) in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt...

Commander-in-chief and Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal Empire. the Sipahsalar, and the Amir al-umara (Chief of all nobles), and personally oversaw the end of Ajit Singh's...

lined up to swear allegiance and declare their happiness at his ascent to Amir al-Mu'minin. He began his reign by appointing very able ministers, who carried...