viziership

On the death of Chyrkouh, Saladin was appointed to the viziership.

Ten Great Events in History James Johonnot 1855

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.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

Was his viziership to last but a few short hours? had the secret influence, which had hitherto protected him, ceased?

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

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.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

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.

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 1830