On the death of Chyrkouh, Saladin was appointed to the viziership. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Events in History] Reference
Was his viziership to last but a few short hours? had the secret influence, which had hitherto protected him, ceased?. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf] Reference
The newly appointed prime minister received the congratulations of the assembled dignitaries of the empire; and when this ceremony was accomplished, he repaired to the palace of the viziership, which Piri Pasha had vacated during the night. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf] Reference
Holding a levee that same day, he received and confirmed in their offices all the subordinate ministers; he then dispatched letters to the various governors of provinces to announce to them his elevation to the grand viziership; and he conferred the Pashalic of Egypt upon the fallen minister, Piri Pasha. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf] Reference
Since 1718, the different councils had been abolished; defended by Abbe St. Pierre, under the grotesque title of Polysynodie, they had earned for the candid preacher of universal peace his exclusion from the French Academy, which was insisted upon by the remnants of the old court, whom he had mortally offended by styling Louis XIV. 's governmental system a viziership. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6] Reference
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