The crowd bared its teeth, remembering the Ghilzai's feud with their new emir.

If the new emir was Jakrovitch, I knew what it meant.

The British abolished the slave trade, which had flourished until then, and appointed a new emir, who died a few months later.

The new emir, however, is 75 years old, in ill health and by many accounts physically incapable of governing.

Qatar's new emir gave them a new lease on life.

The Seljuqs appointed a new emir in Tbilisi, but after his death in 1080, the city was again ruled by its local elders.

The new emir, however, is believed to be 76, is in ill health and by many accounts physically incapable of governing.

Since assuming power, the popular new emir has accelerated the modernisation of the country through political and institutional reforms.

I knew the Black Tigers had a new emir, but didn't know it was Jakrovitch, of course.

A succession crisis in Kuwait continued Saturday, as the country's cabinet began proceedings to remove the ailing new emir.