Grand Vizier

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The Grand Vizier was the highest-ranking minister and chief executive officer of the Ottoman Empire, wielding extensive administrative and political authority directly under the sultan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Grand Vizier canonical 12
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 6
grand vizier 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
ministerial office
political position
abolishedInYear 1922
alsoKnownAs Sadr-ı Azam
Sadrazam
Vezir-i Azam
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire
appointedBy Ottoman sultan
surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
associatedWith Sublime Porte as metonym for the Ottoman government
authorityOver civil administration of the Ottoman Empire
imperial bureaucracy of the Ottoman Empire
provincial governors of the Ottoman Empire
country Ottoman Empire
derivesFrom Persian title "vizier"
domain administrative power in the Ottoman Empire
executive power in the Ottoman Empire
political authority in the Ottoman Empire
hasNotableOfficeHolder Damat Ibrahim Pasha
surface form: Ibrahim Pasha

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Mehmed Talat Pasha
surface form: Mehmed Talaat Pasha

Rüstem Pasha
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
hasPower to command military campaigns on behalf of the sultan
to direct foreign policy under the sultan
to issue orders in the name of the sultan
to oversee state finances
to preside over the imperial council
historicalPeriod Ottoman classical period
Ottoman classical period
surface form: Ottoman early modern period
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish
officeHolderOf head of government of the Ottoman Empire
partOf Divan-ı Hümayun
surface form: Ottoman Divan

Ottoman court
surface form: Ottoman imperial administration
positionHeldIn Ottoman Empire
precededBy Vizier of the Seljuk Empire
rank highest rank after the sultan in the Ottoman hierarchy
replacedBy Prime Minister of Turkey
residence Ottoman chancery
surface form: Sublime Porte
role chief administrator of the Ottoman Empire
chief executive officer of the Ottoman Empire
head of the imperial government
highest-ranking minister of the Ottoman Empire
seatOfGovernment Ottoman chancery
surface form: Sublime Porte
subordinateTo Ottoman sultan
surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
symbol seal of the Grand Vizier
workLocation Istanbul
Topkapi Palace

Referenced by (19)

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Zaganos Pasha title Grand Vizier
Ottoman Army commandedBy Grand Vizier
Ottoman chancery subordinateTo Grand Vizier
Ottoman authorities includesOffice Grand Vizier
Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha positionHeld Grand Vizier
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire headOfGovernmentRole Grand Vizier
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire presidedOverBy Grand Vizier
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire powersGraduallyTransferredTo Grand Vizier
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
Talaat Pasha positionHeld Grand Vizier
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman governors of the Morea subordinateTo Grand Vizier
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Pasha Angelović positionHeld Grand Vizier
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Pasha Angelović hasTitle Grand Vizier
Serasker relatedOffice Grand Vizier
nişancı (chancellor) relatedTo Grand Vizier
subject surface form: nişancı
this entity surface form: grand vizier
Rustem Pasha positionHeld Grand Vizier
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Rustem Pasha hasTitle Grand Vizier
Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha positionHeld Grand Vizier
subject surface form: Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
this entity surface form: Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire