Emir
![The court of the Durrani Emirate of Afghanistan in 1839.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Shuja_Shah_Durrani_of_Afghanistan_in_18392255.jpg")
![Amir Dost Mohammad Khan, the first Amir of Afghanistan, whose reign started in 1826, with his youngest son Amir Sher Ali Khan.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Dost_Mohammad_Khan_of_Afghanistan_with_his_son2255.jpg")
![HRH Crown Prince Farouk, Amir of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Sudan, on ascension to the throne 1936 as HM King Farouk I.](/Images/godic/202502/18/ModernEgypt,_Farouk_I_in_Military_Uniform,_DHP13655-10-1_012255.jpg")
![Mohammed Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara, taken in 1911 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Prokudin-Gorskii-19-v22255.png")
Emir (/əˈmɪər, eɪˈmɪər, ˈeɪmɪər/; Arabic:أمير ʾAmīr [ʔæˈmiːr]), sometimes transliterated (olowan, Datu in Meranau common version) Amir, Amier or Ameer, is an aristocratic or noble title of high office used in a variety of places in the Arab countries and Afghanistan. It means commander, general, or prince. The feminine form is Emira (أميرة ʾAmīrah). When translated as prince, the word "emirate" is analogous to a sovereign principality.