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A vizier (/vəˈzɪər, ˈvɪziər/; Arabic: وزير, romanized: wazīr; Persian: وزیر, romanized: vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title wazir to a minister formerly called katib (secretary), who was at first merely a helper but afterwards became the representative and successor of the dapir (official scribe or secretary) of the Sassanian kings.
In modern usage, the term has been used for government ministers in much of the Middle East and beyond. The title of grand vizier was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. In the works of Harry Turtledove, vizier/wazir is usually used by heads of government, whether or not they are "grand".
In the works of Turtledove and some of his family, wazier/vizier may refer to:
- B'Rom, the vizier (implicit head of government) of T'Kai in the Earthgrip story "6+".
- Joseph (Biblical patriarch), Biblical figure who, as vizier, was the second most powerful man in ancient Egypt. He appears in Laura Frankos' "The Great White Way."
- Unnamed Vizier of Etchmiadzin, an implicit head of government in "The Castle of the Sparrowhawk".
- Unnamed Wazir of the Maghrib, the head of government of the Republican Sultanate of the Maghrib in Through Darkest Europe.
- Unnamed Grand Wazir of Persia (Agent of Byzantium), the incumbent head of government of the Persian Empire in the Agent of Byzantium story "Images".
- Unnamed Wazir of the Seljuk Empire, the head of government of the Seljuk Empire in Through Darkest Europe.