Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
vizir .
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Examples
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Shah, the Mogul's eldest son, and the visier, with other lea:
Sporting Sketches 2002
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Here the grand visier addressed himself to Scheherazade, and said, Daughter, you do like the ass; you will expose yourself to destruction by your false prudence.
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He was well known as a practicing physician, having been in the employ of the Caliph's visier at Cairo (Fostat), and he wrote on medical theory and practice.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907
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Upon these news, the visier asked me if I had a proper gift for the king, on which
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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