The office of amir al-umara (Arabic: أمير الأمراء, romanized: amīr al-umarāʾ), variously rendered in English as emir of emirs, prince of princes, chief...

states include: Amir al-umara, "Amir of Amirs" (cfr. supra) or 'Commander of Commanders' Amir al-hajj, "Commander of the Hajj [caravan]" Amir al-ʿarab, "Commander...

who exploited the caliphal government's weakness to become the first amir al-umara ("commander of commanders", generalissimo and de facto regent) of the...

Abbasid army, he evicted the Hamdanid Nasir al-Dawla from Baghdad and assumed the position of amir al-umara on 31 May 943, becoming the Caliphate's de...

Caliphate had become by now that when the previous Caliph al-Radi died, Bajkam, amir al-umara (Amir of Amirs), contented himself with despatching to Baghdad his...

became the tool of the de facto ruling Minister, Ibn Raik (amir al-umara; 'Amir of the Amirs'). Ibn Raik held the reins of government and his name was...

strongmen, who competed for the title of amir al-umara. The future al-Radi was born on 20 December 909, to the caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932) and a Greek-born...

Baghdad, he was granted the title of amir al-umara, consolidating his dominance over the caliphs al-Radi and al-Muttaqi and giving him absolute power...

in the 940s, and himself briefly ascending to the supreme office of amir al-umara in 945. Ibn Shirzad's early life and career is virtually unknown. He...

lines of Abbasid princes as well. Al-Radi's brother, al-Muttaqi (r. 940–944), was raised to the throne by the amīr al-umarāʾ Bajkam. He tried to exploit the...