Wazir often refers to:
* Vizier or wazir, a high-ranking political advisor or minister
Wazir may also refer to:
Places
* Wazirabad, a City in Punjab, Pakistan
* Waziristan, a region in tribal belt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Wazir Akbar Khan (Kabul)
Wazir Akbar Khan () is a neighbourhood in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, forming part of District 10. It is named after the 19th century Afghan Emir Wazir Akbar Khan. It is one of the wealthiest parts of Kabul. Many foreign embassies were located th ...
, a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Wazir, Nangarhar
Wazir ( ps, وزير) is a village in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is the biggest village of the district. The population is Pashtun. Among the Khogyanis, the Lalai offshoot of the Wazirs live in the village.
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, a village in Khogyani District, Afghanistan
Other uses
* Wazir (chess), a fairy chess piece that moves one space in an orthogonal direction
* ''Wazir'' (film), a 2016 Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar
* Wazir (Pashtun tribe), a tribe in Waziristan, Pakistan
* Wazir (Khogyani clan), a tribe in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
* Waziri language, a language spoken in Waziristan region of Pakistan
* Wazir Khan Mosque, a mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Wazir Arsala Khan
Wazir Arsala Khan was an early ancestor of the influential Arsala family of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Wazir Arsala Khan served as Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in 1869.Wazir Ali (1903–1950), India Test cricketer
* Wazir Mohammad (born 1929), former Pakistani cricketer
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Haji Wazir (Bagram detainee)
Haji Wazir is a citizen of Afghanistan who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, and held since then in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater internment facility.
He is notable because he is one of the very few detainees in ...
, a detainee at Bagram who had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf
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Ali Wazir
Muhammad Ali Wazir (Pashto/Urdu: ) is a Pakistani Pashtun politician who is the co-founder of a human rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. During his student ...
, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
* Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
* Mir Kalam (Mir Kalam Khan Wazir), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
* Khalil al-Wazir (1935–1988), Palestinian military leader and senior aide of Yasser Arafat
* Khalid Wazir (born 1936), former Pakistani cricketer
* Abdullah Wazir (born 1979), one of the Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay
* Wazir Mohammed Khan (died October 14, 1974), an Indian actor who acted in many movies including the first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931)
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Safiya Wazir
Safiya Wazir (; born 1991) is an Afghan-American community activist and politician. She served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Wazir is the first former refugee to serve in the New Hampshire State House.
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, American politician
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Usman Wazeer
Usman Wazeer (; born 16 April 2000; commonly known as Usman ‘The Asian Boy’ Wazeer) is a Pakistani professional boxer who currently holds the Asian Boxing Federation Welterweight title. He is the first Pakistani to win the title.
Early ...
, Pakistani boxer
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Wazir Baig
Mir Wazir Baig is a Pakistani politician from Gilgit-Baltistan who served as the 1st speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. He also served as the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan in 2010.
Early life and education
Mir Wazir Baig was born in 1942 ...
, Pakistani politician and former speaker of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly