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[FN#4] Galland writes "Vizier," a wretched frenchification of a

mincing Turkish mispronunciation; Torrens, "Wuzeer" (Anglo-Indian

and Gilchristian); Lane, "Wezeer"; (Egyptian or rather Cairene);

Payne, "Vizier," according to his system; Burckhardt (Proverbs),

"Vizir;" and Mr. Keith-Falconer, "Vizir." The root is popularly

supposed to be "wizr" (burden) and the meaning "Minister;" Wazir

al-Wuzara being "Premier." In the Koran (chapt. xx., 30) Moses

says, "Give me a Wazir of my family, Harun (Aaron) my brother."

Sale, followed by the excellent version of the Rev. J. M.

Rodwell, translates a "Counsellor," and explains by "One who has

the chief administration of affairs under a prince." But both

learned Koranists learnt their Orientalism in London, and, like

such students generally, fail only upon the easiest points,

familiar to all old dwellers in the East.