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And the emir has managed to turn Qatar into a peacemaking hub, albeit that he has not always settled the conflicts at hand.

The emir of Qatar is said to have quipped of his longstanding ally: "I may run this country, but he owns it. "

"That figure is higher than the King of Saudi Arabia and the emir of Kuwait combined, " said the head of one Egyptian bank.

As the consort of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah is one of the most prominent women engaged in civic life in the region.

Cameron: Oh, I don't know. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to tell the Emir of Qatar his country sounded like something you coughed up.

The head of state is the Emir, and the right to rule Qatar is passed on within the Al Thani family.

a. The brothers of the woman fight the emir and he agrees to return to "Romania" (=Byzantine Empire) and become a Christian.

An Arab emir (Mousour) carries off the daughter (Eirene) of a Byzantine general named Doukas.

The emir does not pretend he is anything but a benevolent modernising autocrat.

Gunmen in northern Nigeria have attacked a convoy of the prominent religious leader the Emir of Kano. From Lagos, Will Ross reports.

After hearing from fellow students at his boarding school about the program, Turkish student Emir jumped at the opportunity to join it.

The emir of Kuwait has accepted the resignation of the country's government amid a growing crisis over corruption allegations.

Their position was institutionalized in the Advisory Council, an appointed body that assists the Emir in formulating policy.

"Our emir is giving Zakir a chance to prove himself, " he says. "If he does well, he stays; if not, there are others who can take over. "

The leader of the Islamist rebels, Doku Umarov, has proclaimed himself emir of north Caucasus.

The prince communicated his dislike of the design of the modernist complex to the Qatari emir.

who calls himself the Emir of the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq.

The Sky Sports Scout checks on Sweden's hottest new prospect Emir Bajrami.

A complex peace deal to end unrest and political paralysis in Lebanon was struck under the aegis of the emir of Qatar.

In addition Muammar Qaddafi of Libya, the king of Bahrain and the emir of Kuwait are offering one-off handouts to stop people demonstrating.

Qatar's Sheikha Al Mayassa, the daughter of the Emir, runs the Qatar Museums Authority.

Two belong to the emir's mother's family, the al-Attiyahs, who also provide the army chief of staff.

"When we don't fight, we take religious classes with the emir [commander], " explained the tall fighter.

Here the most impressive new entrant is Al Jazeera, which is supported by the Emir of Qatar.

In August 1975, the emir dissolved the parliament by royal decree.

Since 1995, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has ruled Qatar.

when Hussein, the Sherif of Sherifs, became Emir of Mecca in 1908, his telephone number was Mecca 1.

But they can improve, as Al Jazeera (which is supported by the emir of Qatar) has done.