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==List of former and integrated emirates== These are the emirates that have either ceased to exist, are not recognized and hold no real power, or were integrated into another country and preserved as "traditional states". They are arranged by location and in order of the date of the first leader styled "emir." ===Africa=== ====North Africa==== *[[Emirate of Nekor]], [[Rif]] region of modern [[Morocco]] 710β1019 *[[Aghlabids|Emirate of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid [[Ifriqiya]] within modern [[Tunisia]], [[Algeria]], [[Sicily]], [[Morocco]], and [[Libya]] 800β909 *[[Hafsid dynasty|Emirate of Tunis]], Hafsid [[Ifriqiya]] within modern [[Tunisia]], [[Algeria]], and [[Libya]] 1229β1574 *[[Zab Emirate]], modern [[Algeria]] circa 1400 (short-lived) *[[Emirate of Trarza]], modern southwest [[Mauritania]] 1640sβ1910s *[[Emirate of Cyrenaica]], modern eastern [[Libya]] 1949β1951 (became the [[Kingdom of Libya]]) <gallery widths=180> File:Hafsid1400.png|Ifriqiya under the Hafsids File:EthniesSΓ©nΓ©gal.jpg|Trarza (upper left) File:Map of Cyrenaica.png|Cyrenaica in Libya </gallery> ====Sub-Saharan Africa==== =====Ethiopia===== *[[Emirate of Harar]], eastern [[Ethiopia]] 1647β1887 =====Ghana===== *[[Zabarma Emirate]], northeastern [[Ghana]] 1860sβ1897 =====Niger===== *[[Emirate of Say]], southwestern [[Niger]] 19th centuryβ (integrated) =====Nigeria===== *[[Fika Emirate]], northeastern Nigeria 15th centuryβ (integrated) *[[Gwandu]] Emirate, northwestern Nigeria 15th century to 2005 (integrated and then deposed) *[[Kebbi Emirate]], northwestern Nigeria 1516β (integrated) *[[Borgu Emirate]], westcentral Nigeria, formed from Bussa Emirate 1730β1954 and Kaiama Emirate 1912β54, unified 1954β (integrated) *[[Gumel]] Emirate, northcentral Nigeria 1749β (integrated) *[[Yauri Emirate]], northwestern Nigeria 1799β (integrated) *[[Gombe Emirate]], northeast Nigeria 1804β (integrated) *[[Kano Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria 1805β (integrated) *[[Bauchi Emirate]], northeast Nigeria 1805β (integrated) *[[Daura Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria off and on 1805β (integrated) *[[Katsina Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria 1806β (integrated) *[[Katagum]] Emirate, northcentral Nigeria 1807β (integrated) *[[Zaria Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria 1808β (integrated) *[[Potiskum Emirate]], northeastern Nigeria 1809β (integrated) *[[Adamawa Emirate]], eastern Nigeria and formerly into western [[Cameroon]] 1809β (integrated where preserved) *[[Ilorin Emirate]], southwestern Nigeria 1817β (integrated) *[[Muri, Nigeria|Muri Emirate]], eastcentral Nigeria 1817β (integrated) *[[Kazaure Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria 1819β (integrated) *[[Lapai Emirate]], central Nigeria 1825β (integrated) *[[Suleja Emirate]], central Nigeria 1828β (integrated) *[[Agaie Emirate]], westcentral Nigeria 1832β (integrated) *[[Bida Emirate]], westcentral Nigeria 1856β (integrated) *[[Kontagora Emirate]], northcentral Nigeria 1858β (integrated) *[[Borno Emirate]], northeastern Nigeria 1900β (integrated) *[[Dikwa Emirate]], northeast Nigeria 1901β (integrated) *[[Biu Emirate]], northeast Nigeria 1920β (integrated) ===Asia=== ====Arabia==== * [[Sharifate of Mecca|Emirate of Mecca]], Western Arabia 967β1916 *[[Uyunid Emirate]], the modern [[Arabian Peninsula]] 1076β1253 * [[Jabrids|Jabrids Emirate]], Eastern and center Arabia 1417β1524 * [['Uyayna|Emirate of Al-Uyaynah]] central Arabia 1446β1760 * [[Bani Khalid Emirate]], Eastern Arabia 1669β1796 *[[Emirate of Beihan]], modern southern [[Yemen]] 1680β1967 *[[Emirate of Diriyah]], mainly in modern [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] 1727β1818 *[[Emirate of Nejd]], center and eastern [[Arabia]] 1818β91 *[[Emirate of Dhala]], modern southern [[Yemen]] early 19th century to 1967 *[[Emirate of Jabal Shammar]], northcentral Arabia 1836β1921 *[[Emirate of Nejd and Hasa]], central Arabia 1902β21 *[[Idrisid Emirate of Asir]], [[Jizan]] in modern southwestern [[Saudi Arabia]] 1906β34 *[[Emirate of Bahrain]], 1971β2002 (before it was under a [[hakim (title)|hakim (ruler)]]; after under a [[malik|malik (king)]]) *[[Emirates of Saudi Arabia]], the thirteen provinces of [[Saudi Arabia]] <gallery widths=180> File:FederationOfSouthArabiaMap.jpg|Beihan and Dhala in South Arabia File:First Saudi State Big.png|Diriyah File:Second Saudi State Big.png|Nejd File:Alrasheed hail english.png|Jabal Shammar File:Sa mapa6.png|Asir at its height File:LocationBahrain.svg|Bahrain File:Saudi Arabia - province locator template.png|Saudi Arabian emirate divisions </gallery> ====Central Asia==== *[[Emirate of Bukhara]], modern [[Uzbekistan]] 1785β1920 *[[First East Turkestan Republic#Establishment of the ETR|Khotan Emirate]], 1933 northwest China, merged into [[First East Turkestan Republic]] <gallery widths=180> File:Bukhara1850.png|Bukhara File:First ETR in China.svg|Khotan in modern China </gallery> ====South Asia==== *[[Emirate of Afghanistan]], [[Afghanistan]] 1823β1929 *[[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996β2001)]], first period of [[Taliban]] rule in [[Afghanistan]] ([[United States invasion of Afghanistan|overthrown]]) *[[Islamic Emirate of Kunar]], southern Afghanistan 1991β1991 *[[Emirate of Multan]] *[[Habbari dynasty|Habbarid Emirate]] <gallery widths=180> File:LocationAfghanistan.svg|Emirate of Afghanistan </gallery> ====Near East==== *Emirate of [[Mosul]] (see [[List of Emirs of Mosul|list of emirs for more]]), modern [[Iraq]] 905β1096, 1127β1222, 1254β1383, 1758β1918 *[[Emirate of Melitene]], modern central Turkey mid-ninth century to 934 *[[Marwanid|Emirate of Amida]], modern [[Turkey|Eastern Turkey]] 983β1085 *[[Karamanids|Karaman Emirate]], south-central [[Anatolia]] 1250β1487 *[[Emirate of Aydin]], state composed of [[Oghuz Turks]] in modern Turkey from the early 14th century to 1390 *[[Emirate of Dulkadir]], modern [[Turkey]] 1337β1522 *[[Emirate of Erzincan]], 14β15th centuries *[[Ramadanids|Emirate of Ramazan]], modern [[Turkey]] 1352β1608 *[[Emirate of Mount Lebanon]], modern [[Lebanon]] 1516β1842 *[[Timurid Emirates]], [[Timur]]'s empire and the minor emirates left behind after the fall of the [[Timurid dynasty]] in the [[Middle East]], 1526-c.1550 *[[Soran Emirate]], modern northern Iraq 1816β35 *[[Az Zubayr]], town in [[Basra Governorate]], Iraq during 16th century *[[Emirate of Transjordan]], modern [[Jordan]] 1921β46 *[[Islamic Emirate of Byara]], modern [[Kurdistan Region]], [[Iraq]], 2001β2003 <gallery widths=180> File:Anatolia1300.png|Ottoman emirate in 1300, labeled 'Osman' File:Timurid Dynasty 821 - 873 (AH).png|Timurid Emirate under the leadership of [[Timur]] File:PalestineAndTransjordan.png|Transjordan </gallery> ===Europe=== ====Caucasus==== * [[The Emirate of Armenia]], [[Caucasus]] 637β884 * Emirate of Darband, [[Dagestan]] 869β1075 * [[Emirate of Tbilisi]], modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] 736β1080, nominally to 1122 * [[North Caucasian Emirate]], [[Chechnya]] and [[Dagestan]] in the [[Caucasus]] 1919β1920 * [[Caucasus Emirate]], [[Caucasus]] 2007β2017 (unrecognized) <gallery widths="200px" heights="145px"> File:Shaddadid.gif|Darband, Azerbaijan File:81ArabAbbasidPeriod750-885.gif|Armenia </gallery> ====Iberia==== *[[Emirate of CΓ³rdoba]], modern Spain and Portugal 756β929 (title changed to [[caliph]] in 929) *[[Emirate of Badajoz]], modern Portugal and western Spain 1009β1151 *[[List of Emirs of AlmerΓa|Emirate of AlmerΓa]], region of [[AlmerΓa]] and [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]] in modern Spain off and on 1013β1091 *[[Jerez de la Frontera#History|Emirate of Jerez]], towns of [[Jerez de la Frontera]] and [[Arcos de la Frontera]] in modern southern Spain 1145β1147 *[[Emirate of Granada]], modern southern Spain 1228β1492 <gallery widths=180> File:Coras del Emirato de CΓ³rdoba.png|CΓ³rdoba File:Location map Taifa of Badajoz.svg|Badajoz File:Reino de Granada.svg|Granada </gallery> ====Mediterranean region==== *[[Emirate of Crete]], [[Crete]], modern Greece, 824 or 827/828 to 961 *[[Emirate of Bari]], city of [[Bari]] in southern Italy 847β871 *[[Emirate of Malta]], 870β1091 *[[Emirate of Sicily]], [[Sicily]] 965β1072 *[[Emirate of QatansΓ‘ar]],city of [[Catanzaro]] in southern Italy 903-1050 <gallery widths=180> File:Periferia Kritis.png|Crete within modern Greece File:Italy 1000 AD.svg|Sicily (at bottom) </gallery>
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