Wazir
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Wazir Arabic: وزير) means Minister in many Middle Eastern languages. It comes from the Arabic word Wezr(Arabic ِوِزر) which means heavy burden (in some cases, it means "heavy sin"). The original meaning of the word Wazir in Arabic is: someone who helps someone else to carry their heavy burden by actually carrying some of it (the role of a Wazir in the government is to help the head of the state get the gob done).
It may refer to:
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[edit] Title
- Vizier or vazir or wazir or wazeer, a high ranking official eg. Chief Minister
The Ottoman empire
[edit] People
- Wazir Akbar Khan, an Afghan prince, general, wazir, ghazi, tribal leader, victor of first Anglo-Afghan war, hero and an Afghan legend.
- Wazir Ali (1903–1950), India Test cricketer
- Wazir Ali Khan (1780–1817), fourth nawab wazir of Oudh
- Wazir Arsala Khan, Afghan politician
- Wazir Mohammad (born 1929), former Pakistani cricketer
- Haji Wazir (Bagram detainee, 2002), captured in 2002, had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on his behalf
- Haji Wazir (Bagram detainee, 2006), held for ten months, interviewed on his release, see Bagram Theater Internment Facility
- Khalil al-Wazir (1935–1988), assassinated Palestinian military leader and senior aide of Yasser Arafat
- Abdullah Wazir (born 1979), Afghan Guantanamo detainee
- Khalid Wazir (born 1936), former Pakistani cricketer
[edit] Places
- Wazir Akbar Khan (Kabul), a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Wazeer, a village in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
[edit] Other uses
- Wazir, a fairy chess piece that moves one space in an orthogonal direction
- Wazir (tribe), a Pashtun tribe in Waziristan
- wazir, a royal family from northern india [kashmir]
- Wazir (Khogyani)
[edit] See also
- Vizier
- Waziristan
- North Waziristan
- South Waziristan
- sikh wazirs They are the royal family who have served in the courts of various Mahrajas currently living in india and abroad with the families in the different parts of jammu and kashmir, mumbai and delhi.clan is also known as one of the most strong minded brave and spiritual.
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