The Ancient Egyptian adminstrator (tjaty) is often translated as Vizier.^[1] Holders of this post controlled the taxation system through the departments of Ancient Egyptian state. Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... A Vizier (Arabic,وزير - wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vazir, Vizir, Vasir, Wazir, Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally burden-bearer or helper, is a term, originally Persian, for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch...

References

1. ^ Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957). Egyptian Grammar; Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, 3rd edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, p.43. ISBN 0 900416 35.