The establishment of a vizier is a fundamental law of despotism. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics] Reference
The leading passion of the vizier was the love of receiving presents. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
In the reign of Meneptah of the nineteenth dynasty the vizier was a native of Bashan, Ben-Mazana by name, whose father was called Yu the elder. From Wordnik.com. [Patriarchal Palestine] Reference
"Nay, good vizier, that is as a last resource, for it is forbidden by the laws of the Prophet. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference
He also spoke of him by his title of "vizier," which he declared he had never forfeited the right to use; and he also stated that he had only entered Epirus as a peace-maker. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Crimes (Complete)] Reference
(shallit -- or "vizier" or even "sultan"), in fact, "the governor," and also the one who "sold grain to all the people of the land.". From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
The king was even more astonished than the vizier. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Put down fifty thousand, said the vizier coolly. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
III. so I will grow fat and die the hawk my vizier my dome. From Wordnik.com. [Andalusia] Reference
Then the king sent for Naznai, and the vizier brought him in. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
But even in that orthodox age he became vizier to the amir of Murcia. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
As we stood at the window, the grand vizier said to the mollah Nadân. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
"I am Ikkor," answered the vizier, and he told the story of his escape. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Abu'l-Fazl -- the Emperor Akbar's famous vizier, was a disciple of Shaikh. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
He appears in the character of a vizier or a sultan in the Arabian Nights. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
"It is because they have a firm faith in their future," answered the vizier. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Emperor a Turkish despot, a sultan, &c., and José Bonifacio a tyrannic vizier. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
"Under a descendant of the royal House of David," the vizier answered, solemnly. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
"I speak only of what I have heard from their wise men," the vizier replied, hastily. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Highly pleased over the gift, the vizier took the king's son and threw him into prison. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
Khiva, where the vizier, regarded as a friend of scholars, gave him a small monthly stipend. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The grand vizier presides over this body, and is responsible for all measures adopted by it. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Of the manner in which he turned his influence to use, and how he was again noticed by the vizier. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
Hajji is noticed by the grand vizier, and is the means of gratifying that ministers favourite passion. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
It was Ibn-Tufail (Abubacer), the philosophic vizier of Yusef, who introduced Averroes to that prince, and. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The house was the palace of the king's vizier, and they were celebrating that night the wedding of his son. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
The vizier shook his head gravely in answer, unsure of how much to tell this young villager. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part four}] Reference
To this most gracious speech the grand vizier and all the courtiers made exclamations, May the king live for ever!. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
Nadan one of his favorites, and all in the land looked upon the young man as the successor of Ikkor and the future vizier. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Coriander told the vizier that he still felt the need to join the pursuit after swallowing the last bite of his nourishing supper. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part four}] Reference
Giaffar Barmacide, who was considered the most virtuous of Mussulmans and the most eminent author of the age, was the vizier of Haroun. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
They all dismounted, lifted Kralewitz, bound him to his horse, and rode away with him to Jedrena, where they presented him to the vizier. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
I will repose in my native city, until I can purchase a high situation at court, which may in time lead me to become the grand vizier to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
The grand vizier was, without a doubt, the man in Persia, who from his acuteness, tact, and presence of mind, had the most influence over the. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
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