English - Turkish
Definition of viziers in English Turkish dictionary
- vezirlerin
- vizier
- {i} vezir
- vizier
- sadrazamlık
- vizier
- sadrazam tarafından verilen
- vizier
- vizierialvezire ait
- vizier
- viziership i vezirlik
- vizier
- (isim) vezir
- vizier
- Grand Vizier sadrazam
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English - English
Definition of viziers in English English dictionary
- plural of vizier
- vizier
- {n} the Ottoman prime or chief minister
- vizier
- an important government official in some Muslim countries in the past (vezier, from wazir). Arabic wazr Chief minister of the Abbsid caliphs and later a high government official in various Muslim countries. The office was originally held and defined by the Barmakids in the 8th century; they acted as the caliph's representative to the public, later serving a similar function for various sultans. In the Ottoman Empire the title could be held by several people at once; under Mehmed II the position of grand vizier, the absolute representative of the sultan, was created
- vizier
- A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire
- vizier
- A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries
- vizier
- {i} high ranking executive officer in Muslim countries
- vizier
- The chief minister He looked after government departments responsible for running the country and reported to the pharaoh daily
- vizier
- a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- vizier
- [vi zEEr, viz yuhr] Ottoman equivalent of the Abbasid wazir; head of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after 15th century often more powerful than sultan (p 616)
- vizier
- The chief minister of Egypt answerable only to the pharaoh He was responsible for the day-to-day running of the country In the New Kingdom there were two viziers - one for Upper Egypt and one for Lower Egypt The position became less important in the Late Period
- vizier
- Civilian title and office in the Ancient Egypt, highest rank below the pharaoh in the early Old Kingdom No military function was assigned