Or maybe they had 2 emirs and this article is saying the new guy will become the next emir someday?
KUWAIT CITY (AP)--The speaker of parliament said on Saturday the newly named but ailing emir wants to take the oath of office, signaling discord within the ruling family.Some in the family had asked that the prime minister, half brother to the former emir who died a week ago, be named to take charge of the country because his successor, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, was too ill.