1
: a high executive officer of various Muslim countries and especially of the Ottoman Empire
2
: a civil officer in ancient Egypt having viceregal powers
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Previous monuments were made of mud brick, but Djoser's Step Pyramid is made of stone (specifically limestone); it's widely thought that Djoser's vizier, Imhotep, designed and built the complex.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Anand Nagraj is wickedly campy as Jafar, the kingdom’s power-hungry vizier and Aaron Choi is intentionally cartoonish as Jafar’s henchmen Iago (transformed from a talking parrot character in the film).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, a disguised Ismaili agent fatally stabbed the sultan’s indispensable vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, on the road from Isfahan to Baghdad.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
One popular story points to personal animus between Hasan and the caliph’s Armenian viziers.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Anand Nagraj is wickedly campy as Jafar, the kingdom’s power-hungry vizier and Aaron Choi is intentionally cartoonish as Jafar’s henchmen Iago (transformed from a talking parrot character in the film).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
That same year, a disguised Ismaili agent fatally stabbed the sultan’s indispensable vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, on the road from Isfahan to Baghdad.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
One popular story points to personal animus between Hasan and the caliph’s Armenian viziers.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Vizier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vizier. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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vizier
noun
vi·zier
və-ˈzi(ə)r 
: a high official in a Muslim country
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