Ahoshta is a fictional character in the novel The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis. He is a Calormene Tarkaan (lord) who rose to the power of Grand Vizier. The Horse and his Boy The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen (pron. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Wazir) is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. ...

Of "base birth," Ahoshta managed to climb the social ladder of Calormen (not an easy task) through (according to Aravis) trickery and evil tidings. He is apparently appointed to being a Tarkaan and, being very close to the Tisroc (Calormene king) he manages to become Grand Vizier after the death of the previous advisor. In the book he is seen with the Tisroc in a meeting, where he is portrayed as groveling and sycophantic, bowing completely prostate before the king and accepting kicks in the rump by the uppity Prince Rabadash. In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia, a Tisroc is a ruler of Calormen. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Wazir) is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. ... Look up sycophant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Prince Rabadash is a human character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ...

Ahoshta was engaged to the Tarkheena Aravis in the manner of arranged marriage, an event which she claims was part of a plot by her wicked stepmother to get rid of her husband's child. Aravis, however, hated Ahoshta, for several reasons: his low birth, his apelike face, and his plotting and trickery. In addition he is about sixty, while she was much younger (never explicitly stated, she cannot be more than a teenager, if not younger). As a result she flees from Calormen for Narnia, along with Hwin, her mare who is actually a Talking Horse. After she and her friend Lasaraleen see him before the Tisroc the latter tries to point out to Aravis her fiance's importance, but she finds him even less appealing, openly criticizing him for going along with the Tisroc's evil plans and groveling like a slave. Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis The Horse and his Boy. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which many of the books revolve. ... Hwin is a fictional character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Lasaraleen is a fictional character in the The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. ...