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is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. During the days of the Ottoman Empire the Grand Vizier played the role of a pseudo- prime minister in the Sultan's court and was the leader of the Divan, the Imperial Council.
In some societies, unsuccessful viziers were commonly put to death. This was particularly common during much of Ottoman history; for example, one of the most brutal sultans, Selim I, had seven viziers executed during his eight-year rule.
In ancient Egypt the second important person after the pharaoh was the vizier as a general governor. Among the Huns, the vizier was the second in rank officer after the great king. Attila the Hun's vizier was Onegesius.
In contemporary literature, the "Grand Vizier" is a character stereotype and is usually portrayed as a scheming backroom plotter and the clear power behind the throne of a usually bumbling or incompetent monarch. A well-known example of this is the sinister character of Jafar in the DisneyAlternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. or simply Disney was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. It is the number tw movie AladdinAladdin (first released on November 11, 1992) is an animated Disney movie telling a version of the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Arabian Nights. As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed fo who plots to take over the entire Kingdom of Agraba under the nose of the nation's naïve sultan. Others include the villains of the video gamescreenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game BoyA video game is a game played using an electronic device with a visual display. Overview Often "video game" is taken in a narrow sense to mean those games played on consoles for television and similar handhelds Prince of PersiaPrince of Persia is a platform game that was released by Broderbund in 1989. It was widely seen as a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games. Jordan Mechner, the author, studied many hours of films of his brother running and jum and King's Quest 6Screenshot) King's Quest is an adventure game series made by the American computer game company Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra Online). It is factually considered one of the most classic titles of the golden era of adventure games, and some kind of.
Throughout history the notion of the sinister Grand Vizier has often been evoked when a political leader appears to be developing a cozy relationship with a spiritual advisor of questionable scruples or talents.
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