Grand vizier
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Grand vizier was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Sokoto Caliphate the Safavid Empire and Morocco. In the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Vizier held the imperial seal and could convene all other viziers to attend to affairs of the state; the viziers in conference were called "Kubbealtı viziers" in reference to their meeting place, the Kubbealtı ('under the dome') in Topkapı Palace. His offices were located at the Sublime Porte. Today, the Prime Minister of Pakistan is referred to in Urdu as Wazir-e-azam, which translates literally to Grand Vizier.
Notable fictional grand viziers
- Ahoshta Tarkaan (The Horse and His Boy)
- Iznogoud (comic series)
- Zig Zag (The Thief and the Cobbler)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Mas Amedda (Star Wars)
- Zurvan (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time/The Two Thrones)
- Vizier Alemshah (Kuruluş: Osman)
- Rude Ralph (Grand Vizier of Lord High Emperor of the Universe Horrid Henry)
See also
- List of Grand Viziers of Persia
- List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
- List of Safavid Grand Viziers
- Sokoto Grand Vizier
- Wuzurg framadar
