Vizier
A vizier [3] is an Arabic word for a kind of government official in some Muslim countries.[4][5] A vizier would usually work for a Muslim monarch like a Caliph, Sultan or an Emir.
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Seal of the Ottoman Grand Vizier
Mahomed Naib Surreef, a celebrated Kuzzilbach chief of Caubul and his Peshkidmut*This lithograph is taken from plate 15 of 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray.*Mohammad Naib Sharif was a Shia chieftain from the powerful Qizilbash tribe originally from Iran. Other Afghans were mostly Sunni Muslims and Rattray wrote: "This difference in their religious tenets creates the bitterest feeling between the two sects and leads to constant bloodshed."*Sharif was a close friend of Alexander Burnes and had rescued Burnes' dishonoured corpse and given it a decent buri
A Vazir of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Qajar dynasty)
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Notes
- ↑ "Vizier | Define Vizier at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ↑ Grammatical vowel changes are common in many western Asian languages.
- ↑ /vɪˈzɪər/, rarely /ˈvɪzjər/;[1] or وزير in Arabic script (Persian, Urdu and Arabic); Hindi: वज़ीर ; sometimes spelled vazir, vizir, vasir, wazir, vesir, or vezir.[2]
- ↑ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
- ↑ "Vizier — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik".
