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language. The title of sire was used "Vatad", as in "homeland" ("Vatan"), which meant "defender of the rights of Muslims in non-Islamic countries." The Grand Duchy was viewed as a new
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for regional rulers with the connotations of wide-ranging and absolute authority over a region, the power to conduct relations with foreign states, the upkeep of the
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became virtually tantamount to claiming the caliphate. As a result, the title was used by the great Islamic dynasties that claimed the universal leadership over the
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before the crowd. The title granted legitimacy to Omar's leadership of Afghanistan and his declared jihad against the government led by
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was conferred the title after his appointment in October 2006 by the Mujahideen Shura Council as the first Emir of the newly declared
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and the countries of Poland (Lechistan) and Lithuania (Lipka) as "Dawood". One can claim that, since
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in 1836. According to historian Richard Pennell, this pattern reflects the use of the term
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in Lithuanian or Władysław in Polish, which was known in the diplomatic notes between the
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adopted the title, nine years before the Islamic State proclaimed its caliphate in 2014.
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injunction to "Obey God and obey the Apostle and those invested with command among you" (
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Pennell, Richard (2016). "What is the significance of the title 'Amīr al-mu'minīn'?".
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in 1931, the following inscription was written on the window above his tomb:
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adopted it in 928, whence it was also used by several other minor rulers of
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This article is about the Islamic title. For the leader of the Taliban, see
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The State, Religion, and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
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At the same time, the title has retained a connotation of command in the
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La Mecque au XIVème siècle de l'Hégire / مكة في القرن الرابع عشر الهجري
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Fatimid caliphs used the title as part of their titulature, and in the
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was used for Muslim military commanders during the lifetime of Prophet
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by the Shia and the officially designated successor to Muhammad.
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Muslim warlords until the modern period. The title was used by
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The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
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by his followers and other jihadists, notably al-Qaeda leader
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Title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community
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A similar (but not the same) title was afforded to the
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Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
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Haḏa qabru ʾamīri ʾal-mūˈminīna ʾal-Ḥusayn bnu ʿAlī
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(2007-04-01), 411:was buried in the compound of the 404:(Tamerlane) also used the title. 305:, also by virtue of their claimed 25: 2188: 1974:Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques 1479:Imperial, royal, and noble styles 771: 484:. Omar was still referred to as 293:, following whom all successive 1406:from the original on 2024-01-02 1238:from the original on 2024-01-02 1214:The Ismailis in the Middle Ages 1201: 1178:from the original on 2020-02-22 1083:from the original on 2016-06-17 1053:from the original on 2024-01-02 1036: 1021: 956:from the original on 2024-01-02 568:apply the title exclusively to 247:, the adoption of the title of 231: 144: 2089:Defender of the Holy Sepulchre 1390:The Oxford Dictionary of Islam 678:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 536: 496:Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor 319:as the principal title of the 13: 1: 1366:10.1080/13629387.2016.1157482 913:Shah Muhammad Waseem (2003): 785: 707: 504:Supreme Leader of the Taliban 34:Supreme Leader of Afghanistan 1282:. 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Index

Commander of the Faithful
Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
Amirul Mukminin
Arabic
Faithful
Muslim
Islamic community
etymologically
ʾamīr
Arabic
English
commander
H.A.R. Gibb
ʾamīr
Muhammad
Battle of al-Qadisiyya
Umar
Quranic
Sura 4
Fred M. Donner
expanding Muslim empire
dīwān
Arabic
caliph
Arabic
romanized
lit.
Umayyad
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Second Fitna

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