The most important role of the Grand Vizier in the Ottoman Empire was to have the greatest ministry in Sultan with the most power of attorney.
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Ottoman Empire was based in Istanbul, Turkey (for the second half of its existence). The first ruler of Ottoman Empire was Osman I. The most famous rulers of this empire were Mehmet II the Conqueror (el-Fatih) and Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent (al-Qanuni). The final ruler was Abdülmecid II.
No. A vizier is in charge of trials and is the pharaoh's right-hand man. A vizier also oversees national building projects and records. The chief of priests is called the High Priest. The High Priest has the same class as a vizier in the social structure of Egypt, but the High Priest has a different job.
In the Seljuk Empire, the vizier was a type of prime minister, of the most famous of Seljuk Sultans, Malik Shah.
This is completely incorrect. In fact, the Ottoman empire came to power as the last vestiges of the old Roman empire disintegrated. Neither ever had a parliamentary government. The Romans once had a republican form of government where their leaders were elected by the citizens. But this practice came to an end around 45 BC with the rise of Julius Caesar. The Ottoman Empire always had as its head of state an hereditary Sultan. However the Sultan usually designated a Grand Vizier as his head of government. The Vizier had what could be described as cabinet called the Porte that resembled the cabinet of a Parliamentary democracy. But the ministers were never chosen by an elected parliament. Equality is a concept born out of the European Enlightenment and American self-government and was not a concern of either the Roman or Ottoman empires.