| However, the Cordoban emirate disintegrated in civil war and partition in the early eleventh century, breaking into smaller states called taifa. |
| Munzir bin Shukr Al Zaabi, Director of the RAK Municipality, said they will raze to ground all illegal farms and houses in the emirate. |
| 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. |
| Sheikh Mohammed serves as minister of defense of the United Arab Emirates and crown prince of the emirate of Dubai. |
| Toward the close of the ninth century the emirate began to break under the strain of constant war. |
