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WAZIR, or VIZIER (Arabic wazir)
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WAZIR, 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.