vizier
noun
(formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state.
vizir
-
a variation of
vizier.
Example Sentences
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The tomb was that of a pharaoh’s vizir called Dagi who may have employed the scribe.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
On the following day, the vizir himself arrived before Kamenyets at the head of a numerous army of spahis, janissaries, and the general militia from Asia.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Nasir-ed-deen became the vizir of the conqueror, who afterwards built for him the observatory of Meragha.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley
The grand vizir gave him a kaftan of silver brocade, the possession of which raised him in the eyes of all Lithuanian Tartars and Cheremis.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The vizir himself wished to see him; and the "rising sun of war," the young kaimakan, Kara Mustafa, enamoured of military glory and wild warriors, fell in love with him.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
