Amir al-umara
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Amir al-umara
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The office of amir al-umara, variously rendered in English as emir of emirs, prince of princes, chief emir, and commander of commanders, was a senior military position in the 10th-century Abbasid Caliphate, whose holders in the decade after 936 came to supersede the civilian bureaucracy under the vizier and become effective regents, relegating the Abbasid caliphs to a purely ceremonial role. The office then formed the basis for the Buyid control over the Abbasid caliphs and over Iraq until the m
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Senior military position in the 10th-century Abbasid Caliphate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_al-umara
date created:
2012-07-16T15:30:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T08:32:33Z
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