Vizier
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Historically, a vizier, also transliterated as wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the countries of "greater Persia". The Abbasid caliphs gave the title wazir to a minister forme
An illustrated Portrait of Mohammad Shah Qajar and his Vizier Haji Mirza Aqasi 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, the famous modernising Vazir of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Iran, 1849
Ivory chess vizier, Italy, 12th century
Grand vizier
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Grand vizier was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ott
Vizier
…North Africa, and beyond. Several alternative spellings are used in English, such as vizir, wazir, and vezir. A collection of Vizier may introduce a Grand Vizier, within their civilization. Vizier is believed to be derived from the Arabic wazara (lit. 'to bear a burden'), from the Semitic root W-Z-R. The word…
Koca Sinan Pasha
Bairam Khan
Abu'l Fazl Ibn Mubarak presenting the Akbarnama to the emperor (D. 1602 AD)
Sadullah Khan