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Vizier
A Vizier ( - Wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, or Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally "burden-bearer" or "helper", is a term, originally Persian, 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. The Middle-Persian ancestor of this word was Vichir.
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