Talk:Emirate

Would anyone support the idea of a "List of Emirates", like Bukhara, Khiva...? Chris 21:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * That depends: if you take the trouble to make a long list, yes please; otherwise, we better just complement the sections in Emir with ample examples Fastifex 06:46, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I made a list, but I need someone to check that I didn't miss any. Maybe it should be a new article called List of emirates? Metaknowledge (talk) 01:03, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Emirates existed pre-Islam, and among christian arabs - i.e. nothing necessarily to do with islam
So please don't attribute emirates as based on or from Islam. literally the word in arabic means governate (Imarah), ruled by a governor (Amir) which could mean any province in any form of government, theological or not Aaliyah Stevens 22:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Splitting the page
This article should be split in at least to two pages: one about the medieval vassal states (under the Islamic caliphate) and one about the local kingdoms after that which were called Emirate. Alefbe (talk) 01:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Emirate versus City
What are exactly the differences between an emirate and a city? Wikipedia could write an article about it I think.--Swiss Article Editor (talk) 09:04, 8 January 2016 (UTC)