The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community”. It now reads “Supreme leader of Islamic community”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arabic title designating the supreme leader of an islamic community”. Today it says “politico-religious title in islamic history denoting supreme leadership over the muslim community”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Amīr al-Mu'minīn ( ; latinized as [ Miramolinus ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help ) , hence Italian [ Miramolino ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help ) , Spanish [ Miramolín ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help ) and Portuguese [ Miramolim ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help ) , in Byzantine Greek : ἀμερμουμνῆς amermoumnês ), usually translated " Commander of the Faithful " or " Leader of the Faithful ", is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims. It has been claimed as the title of rulers in Muslim countries and empires and is still used for some Muslim leaders. It is also translated as "Prince of the believers" since "Amir" or "Emir" is also used as a princely title in states ruled by the royalty or monarchies.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Amīr al-Mu'minīn ( Arabic أمير المؤمنين; latinized as Miramolinus, hence Italian Miramolino and Spanish Miramamolín) usually translated Commander of the Faithful or Leader of the Faithful , is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims. It has been claimed as the title of rulers in Muslim countries and empires and is still used for some Muslim leaders.
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Amir al-Mu'minin ( , ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn ) is an Arabic title that is usually translated " Commander of the Faithful " or " Leader of the Faithful ".The use of the title does not necessarily signify a claim to caliphate as it is usually taken to be, but described a certain form of activist leadership which may have been attached to a caliph but also could signify a level of authority beneath that.The Ottoman sultans, in particular, made scant use of it.Moreover, the term was used by men who made no claim to be caliphs.
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Title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community This article is about the Islamic title.Amir al-Mu'minin ( ) is an Arabic title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community.It is usually translated as " Commander of the Faithful ", though sometimes also as " Prince of the Believers ", a translation deriving from the fact that the word amir is used as a princely title in states ruled by the royalty or monarchies.However, according to orientalist historian Sir H.A.R.Gibb , this translation is "neither philologically nor historically correct".
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Supreme leader of an Islamic community This article is about the Islamic title.
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Today
The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Title designating the supreme leader of an Islamic community”. It now reads “Supreme leader of Islamic community”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arabic title designating the supreme leader of an islamic community”. Today it says “politico-religious title in islamic history denoting supreme leadership over the muslim community”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
arabic title designating the supreme leader of an islamic community
Now
politico-religious title in islamic history denoting supreme leadership over the muslim community
Sections that no longer exist
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