Editing Emirate (section)

==Types==
===Monarchies===
The [[United Arab Emirates]] is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a [[inheritance|hereditary]] emir, these seven forming the [[electoral college]] for the federation's president and prime minister.

As most emirates have either disappeared, been integrated in a larger modern state, or changed their rulers' styles, e.g. to [[malik]] (Arabic for "king") or [[sultan]], such true emirate-states have become rare.

===Provinces===
Furthermore, in [[Arabic]] the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class, especially of a member (usually styled [[emir]]) of the royal family, as in [[Saudi Arabia]]n governorates.