| Sheikh Mohammed serves as minister of defense of the United Arab Emirates and crown prince of the emirate of Dubai. |
| In 1313 the town was taken by saru Khan and became the capital of the Turcoman emirate of that name. |
| Abu Dhabi represents 85 percent of the land, and the smallest emirate is Ajman. |
| Another 12 fighters from the emirate will box and kickbox their way through an action-packed undercard line-up which includes two female bouts. |
| The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria. |
| However, the Cordoban emirate disintegrated in civil war and partition in the early eleventh century, breaking into smaller states called taifa. |
