The Emirate of Córdoba or Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba was a medieval Islamic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula.
The columns and two-tiered arches in the oldest section of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain, founded in 785
An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a caliphate. It can be considered equivalent to a principality in non-Muslim contexts.
Trarza (upper left)
Muhammadu Sanusi II, 14th Emir of Kano, on his throne