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vi·zier

(vĭ-zîr′, vĭz′yər)

A high officer in a Muslim government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

[Turkish vezir, from Arabic wazīr, burdened, minister, from 'āzara, to help, derived form of 'azara, to surround; see ʔzr in Semitic roots, or from wazara, to carry a burden; see wzr in Semitic roots.]

vi·zier′ate (vĭ-zîr′ĭt, -āt′, vĭz′yər-ĭt, -yə-rāt′) n.

vi·zier′i·al adj.

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vizier

(vɪˈzɪə)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a high official in certain Muslim countries, esp in the former Ottoman Empire. Viziers served in various capacities, such as that of provincial governor or chief minister to the sultan

[C16: from Turkish vezīr, from Arabic wazīr porter, from wazara to bear a burden]

viˈzierial, viˈzirial adj

viˈziership n

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vi•zier

(vɪˈzɪər, ˈvɪz yər)

also vi•zir′,

a high government official in certain Muslim countries, esp. in the former Ottoman Empire.

[1555–65; < Turkish vezīr < Arabic wazīr]

vi•zier′ate (-ɪt, -eɪt) vi•zier′ship, n.

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vizier - a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

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vizier

[vɪˈzɪəʳ] N → visir m
grand vizier → gran visir m

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vizier

n → Wesir m

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vizier

[vɪˈzɪəʳ] n → visir m inv

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A man can easily be put out of the way there, then; it is, indeed, the Bagdad and Bassora of the `Thousand and One Nights.' The sultans and viziers who rule over society there, and who constitute what in France we call the government, are really Haroun-al-Raschids and Giaffars, who not only pardon a poisoner, but even make him a prime minister, if his crime has been an ingenious one, and who, under such circumstances, have the whole story written in letters of gold, to divert their hours of idleness and ennui."

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Having fulfilled this vow for many years to the letter, and with a religious punctuality and method that conferred great credit upon him as a man of devout feeling and excellent sense, he was interrupted one afternoon (no doubt at his prayers) by a visit from his grand vizier, to whose daughter, it appears, there had occurred an idea.

Accordingly, and although we do not find it to be leap-year (which makes the sacrifice more meritorious), she deputes her father, the grand vizier, to make an offer to the king of her hand.

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Nobody could guess, for his Vizier was well closed, and nothing made him recognizable.

This moment came, but although all other unmasked; the secret knight still refused to allow his features to be seen, till at last the Queen driven by curiosity, and vexed at the obstinate refusal; commanded him to open his Vizier. He opened it, and none of the high ladies and knights knew him.

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Imagine the Grand Vizier in solemn council with the magnates of the realm, spelling his way through the hated newspaper, and finally delivering his profound decision: "This thing means mischief --it is too darkly, too suspiciously inoffensive--suppress it!

From time to time the Grand Vizier sends a notice to the various editors that the Cretan insurrection is entirely suppressed, and although that editor knows better, he still has to print the notice.

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There had been times when, if he had been a sultan, and his grand vizier had said one morning, "What does the Commander of the Faithful require at the hands of his slave?" he might have even gone so far as to reply, "The head of Coavinses!" But what turned out to be the case?

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We might also consider how the interlocking development of print technologies and vying empires intensified the wars of ideas that shaped geopolitics and played a part in the exile of authors such as Dante Alighieri, or in the executions of state viziers. (24) The effects are also dramatically visible in historic events such as the Protestant Revolution.

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The tomb of one of his viziers carried inscriptions of some statements issued by King Djedkare Isesi such as establishing a new court called "Lotus Isesi".

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In principle, the properties of non-Muslims were not confiscated; only public officers, viziers, servants, military servicemen and those who became rich through transactions with the state were subject to this practice.