Bahrain big shot

The answer

EMIR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMIR answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EMIR

Every other clue in this collection answered by EMIR, most used first.

• Mideast ruler - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Eastern potentate - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Kuwaiti ruler - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Kuwaiti leader - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
• Qatari leader - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Dubai dignitary - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast bigwig - used 49 times, most recently in 2022
• Arab ruler - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast leader - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Arabian prince - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• Turkish title - used 35 times, most recently in 2011
• Arab prince - used 31 times, most recently in 2017
• Arabian ruler - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Arabic for "commander" - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Eastern bigwig - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• Kuwaiti bigwig - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab chieftain - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Dubai leader - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab chief - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dubai bigwig - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Islamic leader - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle Eastern ruler - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Abu Dhabi leader - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab bigwig - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Eastern title. - used 26 times, most recently in 2008
• Arab leader - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Islamic ruler - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Kuwaiti VIP - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Dubai VIP - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Eastern ruler - used 21 times, most recently in 2008
• Abu Dhabi dignitary - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Abu Dhabi ruler - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Arab potentate - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Mideast potentate - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Qatari ruler - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Abu Dhabi honcho - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Arabian bigwig - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Middle East ruler - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Bahrain bigwig - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Muslim prince - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• Arab League dignitary - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Islamic prince - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Ruler of Kuwait - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Moslem prince - used 13 times, most recently in 2001
• Qatar leader - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Sheik's peer - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Muslim leader - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Arabian chief - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Bahrain leader - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Eastern V.I.P. - used 11 times, most recently in 1994
• Islamic chief - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Middle East bigwig - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Mideast chieftain - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Abu Dhabi bigwig - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Abu Dhabi VIP - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Arabian chieftain - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Arabian title. - used 10 times, most recently in 1976
• Doha dignitary - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Eastern leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Islamic title - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Middle East chieftain - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Middle Eastern leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Qatar ruler - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Bedouin chief - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Islamic chieftain - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Middle East leader - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast dignitary - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast title - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Arab VIP - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Arabian V.I.P. - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Bedouin royalty - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Kuwaiti monarch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kuwaiti royal - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Middle East prince - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Middle Eastern prince - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Middle Eastern title - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast honcho - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Mideastern ruler - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Moslem ruler - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Moslem title - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• Muslim ruler - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Ruler of Qatar - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Turkish official - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Bedouin bigwig - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Commander, in Arabic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Eastern prince. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Gulf leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Kuwaiti kingpin - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Kuwaiti prince - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Mideast VIP - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Persian Gulf leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Qatar's ruler - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Robed ruler - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Abu Dhabi prince - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Arab League bigwig - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Arabian leader - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Desert prince - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Dubai ruler - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Foreign dignitary - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Kuwait's ruler - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Kuwaiti noble - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Leader of Qatar - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast muck-a-muck - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Mideast prince - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Mideast V.I.P. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Near East nabob - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Persian Gulf ruler - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Qatar bigwig - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Qatari bigwig - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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