Vizier - Sources and References

A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. Also used anachronistically or in a modern Islamic republic's cabinet. Vizier - Historical titles. In pre-Islamic Persia the vichir (Middle-Persian for Vizier), wa ...

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• Vizier - In the Far East East Indies etc
• Vizier - Princely title
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• Vizier - Anachronistic historical use
• Vizier - Art
• Vizier - Some famous viziers in history
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In pre-Islamic Persia the vichir (Middle-Persian for Vizier), was a minister to the Shah. This word has been borrowed from Persian into Arabic, Turkish and almost all other languages of the Muslim nations. However it has been used in two very different ways : either for a unique position, in western terms the prime minister at the head of the monarch's government (the term Grand Vizier always refers to such post) or as a shared 'cabinet rank', rather like a British Secretary of state (if one of them is the prime minister, he may hold ...

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Vizier, Vizier - Historical titles, Vizier - In Islam's Core Area, Vizier - In Black Africa, Vizier - In the Far East East Indies etc, Vizier - Princely title, Vizier - Modern Islamic republic, Vizier - Anachronistic historical use, Vizier - Art, Vizier - Some famous viziers in history, Vizier - Sources and References

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In contemporary literature and pantomime, the "Grand Vizier" is a character stereotype and is usually portrayed as a scheming backroom plotter and the clear power behind the throne of a usually bumbling or incompetent monarch. A well-known example of this is the sinister character of Jafar in the Disney movie Aladdin who plots and uses magic to take over the entire Kingdom of Agrabah under the nose of the nation's naïve sultan, just as Jaffar in the 1940 movie The Thief of Bagdad dethroned his master, caliph Ahmad. Others include the comic book character Iznogoud and the villains of the video games Prince ...

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Vizier, Vizier - Historical titles, Vizier - In Islam's Core Area, Vizier - In Black Africa, Vizier - In the Far East East Indies etc, Vizier - Princely title, Vizier - Modern Islamic republic, Vizier - Anachronistic historical use, Vizier - Art, Vizier - Some famous viziers in history, Vizier - Sources and References

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