Vizier
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Historically, a vizier is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the countries of "greater Persia". The Abbasid caliphs gave the title wazir to a minister formerly called katib, who was at fi
An illustrated Portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar and his Vizier Haj Mirza Aghasi in Iran during the 19th century. Vizier's roles as advisors in courts evolved over time, becoming an important part of official government institutions.
The winter Diwan of a Mughal Vizier
Portrait of Amir Kabir, Vazir of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Qajar dynasty)
Ivory chess vizier, Italy, 12th century
Hasanak the Vizier
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Abū Alī Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abbās, better known as Hasanak the Vizier, also Hasanak Mīkālī, was an Iranian statesman from the Mikalid family, who served as the vizier of the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud
Coin of Mahmud