Mideastern ruler

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 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SHAH (1 uses in xd)

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
• Bahrain big shot - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Romanov ruler - TSAR, used 96 times
• Russian ruler - TSAR, used 89 times
• Ruler - TSAR, used 87 times
• Old Russian ruler - TSAR, used 84 times
• Former Russian ruler - TSAR, used 78 times
• Former Iranian ruler - SHAH, used 75 times

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