| Instead, the emirate tried to reinvent itself as a finance and tourism hub. |
| Munzir bin Shukr Al Zaabi, Director of the RAK Municipality, said they will raze to ground all illegal farms and houses in the emirate. |
| This could allow him to see what Iranian capital has done to build up the emirate, and how this money could have been used in Tehran. |
| The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria. |
| The constitution does not clearly specify what the financial arrangements are to be in the federation, or what proportion of funds each emirate is required to make available for supporting the federal bud get. |
| However, the Cordoban emirate disintegrated in civil war and partition in the early eleventh century, breaking into smaller states called taifa. |
