Amira (Ottoman Empire)

In the Ottoman Empire, amira was a small group of elite, wealthy Ottoman Armenians living in urban centers of Western Armenia, and in Istanbul. This word has an Arab origin, meaning "prince" or "lord", but to the Armenians had the restricted meaning of "national leader." The term was used between 1550 and 1870.

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