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Wazir

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Vizier (Arabic wazir), a minister, usually the principal minister under a Mahommedan ruler. In India the nawab of Oudh was long known as the nawab wazir, the title of minister to the Mogul emperor having become hereditary in the family.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Wazir'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​w/wazir.html. 1910.
 
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