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 | | A Vizier (sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally burden-bearer or helper 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. |
 | | Wazir al-Harb (or El Ouzir El Harb): Minister for the Army or Minister for War. |
 | | In Afghanistan, under the Duranni dynasty, the Chief minister was styled Wazir-i-azam (1801-1880); the Wazir al-durbar was the ('House') Minister of the Royal Court. |
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