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WAZIR, or VIZIER (Arabic wazir)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WAZIR, or See also:VIZIER (Arabic wazir)  , a See also:minister, usually the See also:principal minister under a See also:Mahommedan ruler . In See also:India the See also:nawab of Oudh was See also:long known as the nawab See also:wazir, the See also:title of minister to the See also:Mogul See also:emperor having become hereditary in the See also:family .

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Wazir is also a tribe of pathans living on both sides of the Daverend Line, but densly populated in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (FATA).
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