Wazir

Wazir or Vazir (Persian: وزير; Arabic: وزير‎) means Minister in Middle Eastern languages. It may refer to:

Title

• Vizier or vazir or wazir or wazeer, a high ranking official eg. Chief Minister

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

Places

• Wazir Akbar Khan (Kabul), a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Wazeer, a village in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

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)

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.