Some Famous Viziers in History
- Burzoe or bozorgmehr was grand vizier of Khosrau I, the Sassanid Shahanshah of Persian Empire
- Yahya ibn Khalid of Harun al Rashid (Whose son Jafar bin Yahya was an inspiration for the aforementioned Arabian Nights Jafar)
- Amir Kabir of the Qajar dynasty in Iran history
- Hasanak vazir of the Ghaznavid dynasty in Iran history
- Nizam al-Mulk of Malik Shah I in Iran history
- Sokullu Mehmet Pasha of Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
- Köprülü Mehmet Pasha and his son Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha of Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
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